AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF EUROPE: GERMANY 
97 
BUTTER V. PORK FATS 
On account of the depressed economic condition of the Republic, 
pork fats have been substituted for butter to a considerable degree. 
Before the war the German Empire imported 111.000.000 pounds of 
butter annually. During the calendar year 1923 the butter importa- 
tion of the Republic was only 2,800,000 pounds. Between January 
1 and June 30. 1924, importations of butter into Germany increased 
to 40.000.000 pounds and during the next six months rose to 78,000,- 
000 additional pounds, totaling 118.000.000 pounds for the year. 
It is probable that the decrease in our shipments of lard and bacon 
to Germany during the last six months of 1924 is attributable to 
this greater use of butter as a source of fat. 
Table 82. — Lard and bacon importations into Gfrma.ni/ from the United States con- 
trasted with total butter importations, 1924. 
[Thousands of pounds— 000 omitted] 
Item 
/™Jfc De'cSnber, 
June, U24 
Lard (from United States) U,v 1 109,843 
Bacon (from Unite; - 19,982 
Butter (from all countries; 40,017 " -. 
Germany, Statist isches Reichsamt, Monatliche Xaehweise iiber den Auswirtigen Handel Deutsehlands. 
Table 83. — Lard: Foreign trade » of the German Republic. 1921-22 to 192-,, 
compared with that of the Empire, 1909-10 to 1913-14 
[Thousands of pounds— 000 omitted] 
Year beginning July 1 
Country 
Average 
1909-1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 
+192,184 
+5,981 
+2,481 
+255 
-477 
+217, sao 
- - - 
+13, 255 
+282 
( 3 ) 
( 3 ) 
+2, 197 
-.72.519 
- " 
+1,032 
o 
----- 
+256,478 
» +7, 825 
» +7, 052 
1+298 
Denmark 
Xetherlands 
Argentina . . ... . 
Serbia 
France 
Other countries.. . . ... . 
P) 
--\ B8J 
Total.... 
-203,796 
+239, 985 
+19 
+294, 538 
Germany, Statistisches Reichsamt (formerly Kaiserliehes Statistisches Amt.) 
iiber den Auswartigen Handel Duetschlands. 
Monatliche Xaehweise 
1 Xet imports are indicated by (+) and net exports by I - 
1 Six months only, July to December, 1923. Last six months included in other countries and totu'. 
3 If any, included in other countries. 
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