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28 MACARONI WHEAT IN FOREIGN MARKETS.

COLOGNE.

(From United States Consul Barnes, Cologne, Germany.)
Upon receipt of the macaroni-wheat circular, I wrote to the leading
 macaroni manufacturers of Germany inquiring as to the opportunities
 existing for the sale of American wheat. I received a
number of replies, and inclose translations of the same.
As will be noted from these communications, the general com- |

plaint against American wheat seems to be (1) that the quality is not

up to the standard required for the manufacture of macaroni and (2)
the shippers in the United States do not deliver the same grade as
submitted in samples.
According to information obtained from local dealers Russian
macaroni wheat is now being sold f. o. b. Rotterdam for $3.05 to
$3.21 per 220 pounds.
In my opinion it would be a good idea for exporters in the United
States desiring to sell wheat to German millers to forward samples,
together with prices either f. o. b. Rotterdam or Antwerp, to those
firms whose letters are inclosed herewith. Special attention, however,
 should be called to the fact that if American exporters expect
to build up a permanent market in Germany deliveries must be
made according to samples submitted.
The duty on American and Russian wheat is 83 cents per 220
pounds, while on Canadian wheat the duty is $1.19 per 220 pounds.

Cuas. E. BARNES, Consul.

COLOGNE, GERMANY, November 25, 7903.

 

(From Wesermuehlen Aktiengesellschajt, H

 

Replying to your communication we desire to inform you that macaroni hard
wheat is not cultivated in Germany at all. That which is used is imported chiefly
from southern Russia and northern Africa, of which we are the among the largest
consumers in Germany.
We, as well as the other hard semolina manufacturers in Germany, are adverse
to obtaining our supply from America, for the reason that while samples for inspection
 are submitted, sales are not made according to the samples, but as an execution

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of the contract American certifications are suffi
Thus far supplies received from America, with but few exceptions, have never
been equal to sample, the goods received: being of an inferior quality. After the
certificate was honored there was no redress and no means of determining the
actual value. Because the certificate is considered sufficient evidence of the fulfillment
 of the contract, nearly all consumers in Germany arc refraining from placing
orders in America.
If the American exporters were willing to sell acc ording to the samples actually
submitted, and not according to certificate, a larger export to Germany would be
assured, but not under the conditions which have existed up to the present time,
WESERMUEHLEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT.
HAMELN A. D. WESER, November

 

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