Dun's Review Volume 13 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...and export trade of this great port. Many oi the products handled in Amsterdam are there received and distributed for the entire commercial world, making the city an international clearing honse and warehouse. The Amsterdam market quotations on these articles therefore form the basis upon which they are bought and sold everywhere. For a great variety of other articles Amsterdam, while not the only market, ranks as one of the most important. Generally speaking the city may be regarded as the center of the distribution of practically all the great natural staples of the Dutch East Indies and the countries and colonies adjacent to them. The following figures may serve to convey some idea as to the magnitude of the import traffic annually arriving at this port. The arrivals at Amsterdam of all sorts of rattans amount annually to about 4,000 tons. Of cocoa the quantity shipped from Java to the Netherlands, most of which comes to Amsterdam, amounts annually to between 16,000 and 20,000 piculs. Another tropical product for which Amsterdam is one of the most important markets is copra, of which the total exports although the trade in this product has fallen ofi very heavily in recent years throughout the world. Between 50,000 and 60,000 bales of kapok are annually received and sold at Amsterdam, although large quantities of this product are now shipped direct from Java to the United States and other buying markets. Amsterdam is the center for coffee from the Dutch East Indies and a large distributing point for Santos and West Indian coffee, the total arrivals averaging about 300,000 bags per annum. The port is also a large distributing point for American petroleum, while considerable quantities of Russian and Roumanian oils are also received. The total arrivals of ...