Abstract

Germany and France are two of the countries in Europe which have long been great centres for oil, Hamburg and Marseilles being two of the greatest oil crushing centres in the world. Germany imported 230,000 tons of copra per year of which 124,000 tons came from various parts of British Empire. Austria Hungary imported 34,000 tons getting 29,000 from British sources. France imported 153,000 tons getting 20,000 from British sources. That trade has been practi- cally stopped altogether and copra is no longer exported from British sources into Germany and Austria, so that to a certain extent British coconut producers have lost important markets. A curious situation has arisen because, although Germany imported this large amount of copra, she also exported coconut oil to the extent of 41,000 tons per annum, no less than 30,000 going to the United Kingdom which imports from foreign countries to an extent equivalent to 82,000 tons of copra per annum.

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