AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF EUROPE : GERMANY 
91 
Since the war the shipments of beef by the United States to Ger- 
many have fallen off rapidly in relative importance. In 1921-22 
these shipments amounted to 36 per cent, in 1922-23 to 22 per cent, 
and in 1923-24 to only 9.2 per cent of the total imports of beef into 
the Republic. During 1922-23 Argentina greatly supplanted all 
other countries of the world in shipping beef to Germany, primarily 
because of the crisis in the animal industry in Argentina and the very 
low prices quoted on beef. During the season 1923-24 these ship- 
ments of frozen beef increased to a round 116,000,000 pounds, or 76 
per cent of the total importations. If this trade continues, Argentina 
may become a serious competitor of the German farmer engaged in 
livestock production. It is to be expected that in all probability the 
German beef trade with the United States will drop back to its pre- 
war status of occasional shipments, determined by price and the con- 
dition of our own markets. 
BUTTER 
Germany imported about 118,000,000 pounds of butter during the 
calendar year 1924, exceeding average pre-war imports of the Empire 
by 7,000,000 pounds. (Tables 74 and 75.) Of this quantity Den- 
mark supplied 59,000,000 pounds, an increase over the preceding year 
of 57,000,000 pounds. This is of interest to farmers of the United 
States, because if Germany continues to take such large quantities 
of butter from Denmark the Danes will discontinue, proportionately, 
their butter shipments to the United States. 
Table 74. — Butter: Foreign trade 
of Germany, average, 1909- 
-1913 
Country 
Imports (+) 
Exports (— ) 
Net imports (+) 
Net exports (— ) 
Pounds 
52, 986, 900 
36, 677, 269 
11, 681, 073 
4, 521, 414 
Pounds 
Pounds 
+52, 986, 900 
+36, 677, 269 
Denmark ....... 
+11, 681, 073 
Finland ... ... .. 
+4, 521, 414 
Austria-Hungary.. 
3, 355, 181 
88, 845 
+ 3, 266, 336 
Sweden . . 
828, 268 
482, 146 
5,291 
+828, 268 
Prance.. 
+482, 146 
Turkey in Asia . . ... . 
+5,291 
Helgoland . . .. ...... 
78, 263 
194,005 
136, 906 
-78, 263 
Switzerland 
59, 965 
843, 700 
—134, 040 
Other countries . 
+706, 794 
Total 
+111,441,207 
-498, 019 
+110, 943, 188 
Germany, Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt, Monatliche Nachweise iiber den Auswsirtigen Handel 
Deutschlands. 
Table 
75. — Butter: Foreign trade l o 
/ Germany, 
1922-1924 
Country 
Calendar years 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Argentina 
Pounds 
+919, 759 
+606, 706 
+567, 023 
+11, 243 
+144,842 
+69,445 
-552,914 
-26, 895 
Pounds 
Pounds 
(•) 
Great Britain 
( 2 ) 
Australia... 
(2) 
Denmark 
+1, 533. 519 
+104, 057 
+1, 152, 124 
-92, 593 
+58,863 
+58, 633, 101 
Memel... 
( 2 ) 
+32, 172. 169 
Netherlands 
Saar 
Other countries 
+27,031, 7o:> 
Total 
+1, 739, 209 
+2, 755, 970 
+ 117,S36,973 
Germany, Statistisches Reichsamt, Monatliche Nachweise iiber den Auswartigen Handel Deutschlands. 
1 Net imports are indicated by (+) and net exports by (— ). 
2 If any, included in other countries. 
