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BULLETIN L399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DESTINATION OF RYE EXPORTED BY THE GERMAN EMPIRE (1909-1913) 
Germany's rye exports were made to Russia, Norway, Denmark, 
the Netherlands, Finland, France, Belgium, and other near-by coun- 
tries. Most of Germany's rye imports were from Russia and 
Rumania, shipments from other countries being negligible, as shown 
in Table 28. 
TERPEN . !■ > 
BEL-4 lMlB , 'JET 
giuh(> 3. ,'=^ 
Vlora.ne > ?^ c ^ "Astern dist«"^ X 
' 3a ^q00 BUSHELS 
ZECHOSLOVAKIA 
RYE (AVERAGE7/909-I3) 
Solid black areas indicate regions in which 
surplus production was equivalent to the total 
exports 
^1 - Shaded. areas indicate regions in which 
/* surplus production was sufficient to balance 
deficit of Southwest 
SI 
SWITZERLA 
"P^M^X***" 
\ AUSTRIA Unshaded areas indicate regions of deficit 
} production 
'^^ Average net export 2S,S$8,000 bushels 
Fig. 4.— Average 1909-1913 production of rye in theGerman Empire balanced against disappearance 
The districts represented by the solid black and shaded areas produced annually approximately 
49,080,000 bushels more rye than was consumed locally. The regions of the southwest required 
approximately 23,982,000 bushels more rye than was produced locally to balance their local deficits. 
This left approximately 25,598,000 bushels annually available for export abroad. The surplus of the 
territories represented by the solid black areas approximately equaled the amount exported, and 
probably the hulk of the rye exported was grown in these regions. However, export rye may have 
originated in any part of the Empire. 
STATISTICAL RYE BALANCES OF GERMANY (BOUNDARIES OF 1923) 
For purposes of comparison, the pre-war rye data pertaining to 
the territories composed within the present boundaries of Germany 
are arranged in Table 27, bringing out the fact that before the war 
the territories within the boundaries of the Republic produced 
sufficient rye to meet their own requirements and had a very con- 
siderable surplus for export. 
