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publications which have appeared since our last Report, and it would 
be a matter of gratification to us if this might give a further strong 
impetus to the interest taken in our branch of industry. 
Almond Oil, pressed from apricot kernels. The prices of 
apricot kernels underwent a sudden change in May last, when it became 
known that the apricot harvest in Syria would show a great deficiency, 
and the movement would have acquired very considerable dimensions, 
if there had not been large parcels from California on the market which 
removed the scarcity which had arisen. 
The demands of the Syrian peasants are at present still so high, 
that this article will have to be discarded until their quotations have 
somewhat fallen into line with the American values. Our prices are 
based upon the latter; they may without hesitation be taken advantage 
of to lay in large supplies. 
Almond Oil, pressed from sweet almonds. Early in 
August, first quality Bari almonds reached the phenomenal price of 
230 Marks; they drew all the other sorts along into the current, so 
much so that even the less valuable Mogador almonds advanced to an 
unprecedented figure. Of this sort, only 396 tons, value 531 500 Marks, 
were exported in 1891, against 2988 tons, value 4780800 Marks 
in 1900. 
Unfortunately this sort cannot be used for our purposes on account 
of the heavy admixture of bitter almonds. We work up only the best 
Bari or Sicilian fruit. 
The Hamburg statistics of this important article are as follows: 
Imports in 1901 
Stocks at end of 1901 
Italian 
about 
3240 500 kilos 
about 152 100 kilos 
Moroccan 
863600 „ 
137500 „ 
French 
407800 „ 
1 80800 „ 
Spanish 
)> 
155900 
Persian, etc. 
j> 
28000 „ 
Portuguese 
>> 
16900 „ 
18400 „ 
Total in 1901 
about 
4712 700 kilos 
about 388800 kilos 
against in 1900 
J? 
4645000 „ 
274000 „ 
1899 
J) 
4200000 „ 
192500 „ 
1898 
j> 
4 6 1 1 000 „ 
„ 223500 „ 
Our quotations 
of oil 
of sweet almonds. 
answering the require- 
ments of the German Pharmacopoeia, 4th edition, are still based on 
favourable purchases made before the great rise, and can therefore 
only be considered as firm to a limited extent. 
