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played a comparatively insignificant role as a source of German 
fresh pork supplies, shipping only 0.35 per cent of Germany's total 
importation, as shown in Talde 8i. 
Table 81. — Pork, fresh and simply prepared: Foreign trade l of the German 
Republic, 1921-22 to 1923-24, compared with that of the Empire, 1909-10 to 
1913-14 
I Thousands of pounds— 000 omitted] 
Year beginning July 1 
Country 
Average 
1909-1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 
+10, 925 
+8, 513 
+5, 613 
( 2 ) 
+1, 076 
+692 
0) 
+223 
( 2 ) 
+ 151 
+ 108 
+99 
+49 
-107 
+ 1, 532 
+3, 030 
( 2 ) 
+629 
+571 
( J ) 
+381 
( 2 ) 
+139 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
+59,473 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
-135 
+ 16,739 
+915 
+11,662 
( 2 ) 
+268 
+1, 647 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
+154 
(-') 
( 2 ) 
+22, 700 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
-394 
+ 1, 456 
+4,714 
+21, 582 
( 2 ) 
+2, 599 
+ 1,495 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
(■) 
Russia 
Austria-Hungary. 
3 +163 
(2) 
( 2 ) 
+34, 829 
United States 
( 2 ) 
( 4 ) 
+ 1,001 
+ 16,015 
Total--.. 
+28, 343 
+82, 359 
+38, 408 
+81,397 
Germany, Statistisches Reichsamt (formerly Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt), Monatliche Nachweise 
iiber den Auswfirtigen Handel Deutschlands. 
i Net imports arc indicated by (+) and net exports by (— ). 
2 If any, included in other countries. 
3 Six months only, July to December, 1923. Last six months included in other countries and total. 
4 Less than 500 pounds. 
During the seasons 1921-22 and 1922-23 the United States oc- 
cupied first place as a market from which Germany bought fresh 
pork, sending to that country more fresh pork than all other nations 
combined. During the season 1923-24, however, Denmark and the 
Netherlands encroached heavily upon United States trade. Except 
in years of heavy overproduction in America, with consequent cheap 
pork, it is to he expected that Germany can buy more satisfactorily 
from neighboring countries than from the United States. Argentina 
may develop a frozen-pork trade with Germany in competition with 
the United States, as indicated by the appreciable shipments of more 
than 2J2 million pounds during the past season. The importations 
of fresh pork into the Republic in 1921-22 were 2.9 times as much 
as the importations into the whole Empire before the war; in 1922-23 
they were 1.1 times as much and in 1923-24 they Were again 2.9 
times as much, as shown in Table 81. 
The trade of the United States with Germany in lard and bacon 
has greatly increased since the war, but importations during the 
first six months of the fiscal year 1924-25 indicate an appreciable 
decline. (Table 82.) During the season 1923-24 the total net 
lard imports of the Republic were 295,000,000 pounds, against an 
average of 204,000,000 pounds for the Empire during I'M)'.) 1913; 
the importations of bacon were (10,001). 000 pounds in 1923-24, 
against 2,700,000 oounds during 1909-1913. (Tables 83, 84, and 85.) 
