suppliers occupied in armament programs, the United States furnished an unusual proportion of the steel imports of the area. Our participation declined as the European suppliers were again in position to provide their normal export markets in 1938. Sweden, the principal market of the group for steel, is not only an importing country but also exports considerable amounts of high-quality steel.

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Import Commodities.

Figure 22.-Trade of the United States With Denmark.

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Wood pulp and paper comprise a relatively large proportion of United States imports from three of these four countries. Fourfifths of total imports from Sweden, nine-tenths of the imports from Finland, and over one-fourth of the imports from Norway, are paper materials and paper. Imports of these products from each of these countries were smaller in quantity in 1938 than in 1937. The reduction was influenced by the recession in business activity in the United States during the early part of the year, when imports of pulp and paper from all supplying countries were reduced in volume. Next most important among the imports from Sweden are ores and metals, and these are also a substantial item in our imports from Norway. The percentage decrease in the value of imports of metals in 1938 was larger than that in the value of wood pulp and paper. Fish and fish oil, imported chiefly from Norway, also dropped considerably below the 1937 total in 1938.

Imports from Denmark consist largely of vegetable oils, meats, dairy products, and other agricultural items. Because of droughtshortened supplies of foodstuffs in the United States in 1937, these imports increased greatly in that year. In 1938, as our domestic supplies increased, some of these imports fell off sharply; imports of vegetable oils and barley malt dropped to negligible figures. Imports of canned hams, however, reached a slightly larger figure in 1938 than in 1937, while cheese imports decreased rather moderately.

Table 27.-Principal Commodities in Trade of the United States With Sweden NOTE. Data for individual export items include only United States products. Import commodities are "general imports" in 1929 and 1932, and "imports for consumption" in 1937 and 1938.

Table 27.—Principal Commodities in Trade of the United States With Sweden

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? Not shown separately.

3 Figures for 1929 and 1932 have not been adjusted for minor transfers in classifications of later years. Household refrigerators only.

5 Ton of 2,240 pounds in 1929 and 1932; ton of 2,000 pounds, air-dry weight, in 1937 and 1938.

Table 28.—Principal Commodities in Trade of the United States With Norway NOTE-Data for individual export items include only United States products. Import commodities are "general imports" in 1929 and 1932; "imports for consumption" in 1937 and 1938.

Table 28.-Principal Commodities in Trade of the United States With Norway

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1 Figures for 1929 and 1932 have not been adjusted for minor transfers in classifications of later years.

3 Household refrigerators only.

2 Less than 500. Not shown separately. Ton of 2,240 pounds in 1929 and 1932; ton of 2,000 pounds, air-dry weight, 1937 and 1938.

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Table 29.-Principal Commodities in Trade of the United States With Denmark NOTE.-Data for individual export items include only United States products. Import commodities are "general imports" in 1929 and 1932 and “imports for consumption” in 1937 and 1938.

1 Less than 500.

Figures for 1929 and 1932 have not been adjusted for minor transfers in classifications of later years.

Not shown separately.