Der österreichische Exporteur

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Identifikator:: 1758074884

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135614

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Der österreichische Exporteur

Edition:: [2. Aufl]

Place of publication:: Wien

Publisher:: [Kammer für Handel, Gewerbe und Industrie]

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: 240 S.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Document type:: Monograph

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Title:: The Austrian Exporter

Collection:: Economics Books

Tech: Außen High-grade joods typical for Austria Prices Ability to com- pete abroad No Dumpina nborn taste of the population which finds expression not only in the forms given to, and the inish bestowed on, objects of applied art properly speaking, but which lends a pleasing character ;o articles of daily use, without diminishing their praetical usefulness, are further characteristics ’»f Austrian manufacture. As in other cities, which for centuries were the theatre of the magnific- ance and splendour surrounding powerful courts and which were also the seat of many art-loving Jatrieian families (e. g. Paris, Florence), so in Vienna the luxury trades have developed particularly well. The artistic taste of the population, which has been referred to above, is the residue of the great historic past and is kept alive by far-famed collections and museums. The Vienna luxury and applied arts trade is not seeking expression, however, in traditional forms only. In view of the different culture zones, which have been intersecting in Austria, the Germanic and Romanic schools of art have come in close touch here with the sometimes more original artistic sense of younger nations and Vienna has been enabled thereby to develop forms of her own in the sphere of applied arts. Any person who has visited the Vienna Fair or a foreign fair where Austrian goods have been exhibited in sufficient numbers, is familiar with this fact. In regard to the prices of Austrian goods it is impossible to make a general statement in view of the large number of export articles, especially as the indices used by the statistical departments of the various states, in so far as these numbers refer to groups of goods, have not all been computed on identical prineiples and are therefore hardly comparable internationally. I£ Austrian wholesale trade indices for some classes of goods, which are of importance to inter- national trade, were compared with the respective indices of. other, states, nothing else would be Jlemenstrated. thereby, except the self-evident fact that Austrian wholesale prices follow, on the whole, the movement on the world market. The comparison, however, would not enable an inference to be drawn as to the absolute or even only as to the relative amount of prices. The large majority of Austrian export articles are, besides, finished products whose variety is very large and for which no indices can exist, of course, SO that the basis is lacking for.a comparison with foreign- made articles of the same kind. } This lack is not very severely felt. It is extremely improbable that a practical businessman will evince an interest in goods.from a certain country after having seen index figures only referring, as they always do, to a period which belongs to the past. If a price is acceptable or not is a Juestion to be decided in view of the quality which is offered and in this connection a favourable »pinion of the exporting capacity of Austria will generally prevail. It is not in contradiction therewith that the diminishing possibilities of exports to the Succession States are a frequent 3ause of complaint in Austria. There is nothing unnatural in Austrian goods finding it diffieult to jump over customs barriers which were raised with the sole object of making the jump impossible. The question of prices should not. be discussed — and were it ever so suüperfieially — without reference being made of the fact that Austria is competing on foreign markets solely on the basis of her natural conditions of production, every kind of dumping being severely excluded. [t is important to mention this circumstance. Though the private interest of every buyer induces him to accept the lowest offer, other conditions being equal, irrespective of the causes to which ‘he low price is due, work-givers and Labour in a collective sense are opposed everywhere to the Jumping competition of another country, as they see in it a danger to their existence. Their point of view is justified because any dumping, whether intentional or, in the case of a depreciating zurrency, unintentional, always resembles unfair competition. There is no dumping in Austria. The Austrian exchange has remained perfectly stable since October, 1922, and a tendeney to rise above the parity of exchange has even been noticeable since the schilling currency was introduced. This is strikingly shown by a table in which the monthly average quotations of some foreign (stable) currencies are compared with their parity of exchange in terms of the schilling. Amsterdam Berlin London Neaw York Parity of Exchange 28566 168°29 34°58 710°67 Monchly Ava 16828 34'391 16838 34°38 16867 34°39 .68°58 34°37 168:31 34'878, 168:59 34:878/, 168°20% 34:42 168°2375 34'48% 16851 34:49 16846 834°52 168:305 34'51 16836 34°51 168°57 34°'4925 July 1926. 40 August 1926 . September 1926 October 1926 . November 1926 December 1926 January 1927 . February 1927 March 1927 . April 1927... May 1927 . June 1927 July. 1927 Aa

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