CONSUMPTION OF MAIZE. 23 

importation of about 2 million cwts of this grain; it is 
utilised largely for feeding stock, chiefly pigs, and for the 
manufacture of spirits. IKoumania exports about 13 million 
cwts. annually, or approximately a third of the crop grown in 
the country, her principal customers being Belgium, Austria- 
Hungary, and the United Kingdom. After Roumania, 
Russia is the principal exporting country in Europe, the 
toial production amounting in a fair season to over 20 million 
cwts., of which on the average-of the last five years for which 
figures are available nearly 9 million cwts. have been 
exported. There is a fluctuating export from Bulgaria varying 
from one to.six million cwts. yearly. 
With regard to importing countries, Germany would appear 
to be the principal maize importer after Great Britain, her 
annual net receipts amounting to 18 million cwts. in addition 
to ahome production of 6,900,000 cwts. Denmark, which 
does not grow maize to any extent, has since 1897 imported 
a considerable quantity from the United States and Russia, 
mainly as acheap feeding stuff for swine, the net importation 
in that year amounting to 8,357,000 cwts., and in 1898 to 
8,387,000 cwts. The netimportation of maize into France has 
averaged 6,540,000 cwts. in recent years, whilst the quantity 
ezrown has amounted to about 14,319,0o00cwts. Holland and 
Beigium are also importers of this grain to the amount of 
several million cwts. annually. 
