PRODUCE & MARKET REPORTS FROM DAY TO DAY

Evening Post, Issue 113, 10 November 1930, Page 12

PRODUCE & MARKET REPORTS FROM DAY TO DAY

ITALIAN INDUSTRY

M SIGNIFICANT GROWTH

PRIMARY AND FACTORY . /' PRODUCTS

;; ;; Post," lOtli November. fi; Cavaliwp G-. Formieliella, Italian C'onsnl- ,:',', General in New Zealand, has received from ■ ■; the National Export Institute, Rome, "Lo v :. Suiluppo dell Industria Italians," in which i| ;!is set out in'graphic form the rather start■iiling rise of Italian manufacturing indus- ■;; I tries in recent? years,' but especially under ji' the Fascist regime. The expansion is shown l| iin gold lire, and it begins as far back as :: i 1876, when Italy, as a manufacturing- eoun-'- ---> ''try was among -the least of the nations; ji The latest year .is 1928. Taking the years j ' 1913 and 1928 only for purposes of conl;i; parison (although growth since 1922 has 3 i!been.remarkable) and dealing with some i; of the commodities "depicted," the growth :• o£ certain industries appears to be phen- ',■. omenal. And "this not only in so far as t ' the local market is concerned, for the ; 'export trade" in-.-manufactures' (as Sir i '-Thomas Wilford illustrated with his Ital- • :ian trousers} is now of great importance '; jto Italy. ,',, , ; : -. . :| i Exports''of industrial - products in 1922 \■'. were of the value of 1,250 million lire; {■i'jn 192S they had risen to 2,600 million ,}, i lire. Italian primary, industries are [j i-and always have been of the utmost imi, tportance,, represented by. wine, oil, fruit, f'rminerals, apd -agriculture in general; but IT; the progress of industrial Italy is here j;.'-shown "in graphic form' and is visible at a '~: ; glance. 'i} Capital invested in. Italian industrial I " companies in 1913 amounted to 4,173,364,905 .j lire; ;in:\i922 to 7,970,848,852; and in 1928 iji-to 10258,282,252 lire. Consumption-of coal i|; and other- fuels-used..in industry was 12,----i 952,427 tons, in 1928 it had grown t0122,- ---,' i '823,517 tons. • r ■ "■ I. Imports of raw materials in 1913 were !.. of the value, of 2000 million lire, rising I ■ (as the price Of all raw materials rose) in I • 1918 to 5600 millions, and standing at 3200 I:.millions for 1928. The influence of the 'invar years, 1914-1918, on trade is seen in J;!picture form,-when imports much exceedi; ]fid imports ;,"iri 1918. But comparing 1913 sKvith 'J9s|B. JtJ^sVgpsition-is rather startling^ |!:In ' year there was a slight j.-'debit^ftideSUalance; in.l?2B : ,the balance i !'of .exports.of. finished industrial products ll'over imports was of the value of 600, I! I million -lire, "but in 1927, it reached the 800 j j; mark. ;; ', The yalues and' volumes of various pro{'i ducts for 1913 compared with those for '; ;1928 were as follows: —

THE MOTOR TRADE. E^jportatioaof-motoi-TCbieles has grown -fi-artt-8233'-iirl9i3-to 11,372 in 1922 and to 28,280 in 1928; and the use of motor vehicles in Italy itself has increased %Vz times over those employed in 1913. The sum of motor vehicles employed in It air iri 1913 was 23,364; in 1922 it was 64.2U8, arid in 1928 it was 190,522. No. returns of industrial electrical power in use are given for 1913, but in 1922 it amounted to 1,580,000 kilowatts, and expanded to 3,537,000 kilowatts in 1928. The districts in which electricity is in greatest use for industry are "mostly situated :in Northern Italy, where the density. .of manufactures is greatest and the industrial population is largest. Artificial silk or rayon, a new industry, advanced ' from 150,000 kilogrammes in 1913 to three million kilo, in 1922, and 28 million kilos, in 1928; ; •'■:: •" ■ Curiously enough;, wine, production shows shrinkage .on . that ■ of ; 1913, : but r beer' a substantial; ioejS&ey^ialfcbough ..not-so: much as on; the..oU^ut; of, 1922-23. Aerated' waters,- how,eyer£,j»Ave risen from 297,873. hectolitres" ihXpW to 435,420 in 1927-28, suggesting.'th.at';>a ) :.teetotal Italy is not beyond the botifaqs'o£.possibility.'.' ■ ...... Cheese export/ probably ; the 'toothsome well-matured Gorgonzola; so popular in England, li^sf'inade - gosd • headway in ex? port, namel^JiKin-2.2B;(^4;<iui' Itals;in 1913 to 364,937 (julni!aaE>in^2B, vbut there was a 1 heavy f all :;fc*pfo||l4&4^:^uintals exported inßetweea>S&2|%na.;l^.;tlier^ substantial^iniftsPeSv^Ssvi^E^ta* 10118 oi canned, fria|g?|a|(sag:eS^iid';-hanis, _ con-fectionerj-;Sitditfirße, times' the,quantity of cacao is used.in'the manufacture of chocolate goods in 1928 compared with cacao' used in 1913. Sugar production has made a relatively slight increase since 1913, but it amounted to 3,470,000 quintals in 1928. Wheat milling and; rice exportations have also greatly ine^easetf.; -Italy figures, too, in the export -of, .ceramics,, and has increased her export's of fine crockery (.excluding terracotta) by double those ot 19^2 which were only a little-more than thl <&%d& of miSr Production of chemicals, Mer.rubljer: goods, boots -and shoes, gloves, hats (felt -£nd straw), textiles of cotton, silk, rayon,' and woollens, and exports of them all show very substantial expansion in recent years. Labour employed in manufacturing industries has necessarily increased' with the. expansion, of output and increase ot exports of manufactured goods. Ino returns:— 'ivS.:..'.;;1.!..' ... '■ i

Telephones, telegraphs, railways (and goods and. .passenger traffic .receipts) all show great -/progress.... since 1916, and accelerated advances \ since 1922. The information above referred to lias been been prepared by the Confederazione Generate Fascista dell industria Italiana.

!•;: •■■■■■.-■ 1913. 1928. e ]'. ■> ■ v Gold lire. . Gold lire, iiiAH minerals ...347,141,938 -588,682,807 ;';); ; ' Tons. Tons. "toon '603,116 609,335 '^Copper ■..'... 317,33* 552,430 ; : :Zinc andlead ..' -202,932- 237,137 !: Coal ■- /.,".:..... 701,081 852,770 MVtarbte^ :..::>;..... 494,342 534,820 '', 'Maxh% ifesporis) 317,332 ■ 349,407 - Iron, and-steel ... 988,905 1,909,800 '•Sulphur .... . 386,310 326,700 ; Mercury .;..;.■ ' H>;040 ,17,953 ■'. i .. . . Quintals. Quintals. !i Mineral acids ..' 6,772,000 12,920,000 ■ lAlkalis :..-J:-'.ii l --■ 140,200 2,201,000 >■ Explosives 29,Q29 41,120 ': Dyes . :,.'. . ' 1.000 145,000 ' Paints and varnishes '168,200 .... 350,000 " (Vegetable).' '530,000 1,655,000 ■ Soaps . 1,100,000 1,500,000

Industry. .' . '.■-„ ■■*''. 191-1. -\ ly-/. Mineralurgical '. '49,470 130,805 S:=^::::::± §§ S 1:;::::::: S" ' «| 2Sf :::::::::::: :S^ SS