Show UR EXPORT TRADE HURT bi BRITISH BLOCKADE DIG BIG HINDRANCE TO EXPANSION OF RAPIDLY GROWING BUSINESS shipments that formerly went to europe via hamburg have gone gona to sweden since start of the war stock halir lir sweden ng the ninny many obstacles with which hey meet representatives or of american exporting concerns hero here aro are on to maintain trade relations between t tho lie united states and swo ilen aen so as to be in position to take advantage of tho permanent opportunities expected with tile tho conclusion or 0 european peace prior to tho the war america played placed an almost negligible part in tho the of sweden export and I luport alike during the fiscal year ended june 30 1915 imports from the ho untied states however took a leap which carried thorn them up moro more than GOO COO per cent above tho the normal tbt came tile tho tightening P pt t tile iho british blockade bloc kido and tho the swedish war ar trade net act which prohibits an all importer from giving guarantees to great britain covering co ering goods bought in ili tho the united states or 01 other neutral coun tries under these adverse influences tho trade has rapidly declined tho the american imports for tho the firt first three months of 1910 haying having amounted only to against 41 esol in it 1016 1916 although tho the figures are not available aal laulo hero here it la is said bald tho the trade ot or more recent months has haa shown a alm liar ilar or even greater falling off on tile the government has adopted tho the policy of not announcing export or im port fugures during the war and it Is regarded as ai a misdemeanor to ask for them in february 1910 tile tho imports from the united states amounted to a little more than against more than it a year ago in march the decline was vaa from eight eighteen edn millions in 1916 1015 to four millions in 1910 1016 enormous as was file he increase In creaso in american imports during tho the fiscal year ei ended aided juno june 30 1916 tho the first six Ilont months hs of the 1916 fiscal year ear eclipsed former figures tor for a similar period by nearly england contended that these enormous imports from america meant ore ot of two things elther either that they were going to germany through sweden or were replacing on tho the market here swedish goods gooda shipped lipped to Ger germany mally and so BO the blockade lid was put on hard and tight with tho the result that english naval authorities now super vise all cargoes coming colln from over tho the atlantic ocean |