12 MACARONI WHEAT IN FOREIGN MARKETS.
LIEGE.
United States Consul J. C. McNally reports, under date of October
16, 1903, that all the macaroni consumed in Liege is imported,
and that no macaroni factory exists in his consular district, nor could
a market for macaroni flour be created therein.
BRITISH INDIA.
United States Consul W. T. Fee, of Bombay, India, reports,
under date of November 5, 1903:
India is a large exporter of wheat. Last year’s crop amounted
to over 7,500,000 tons; but rice being the food of the masses, wheat
is grown mainly for export purposes, and my opinion is that there
will be no market in India for macaroni wheat of American growth.
DENMARK.
(From United States Consul Frazier, Copenhagen, Denmark.)
Very little macaroni is consumed in Denmark and none whatever
manufactured in the Kingdom. The little that is consumed here
comes from France and Italy. There is no demand, therefore, for
macaroni wheat in this market, except, possibly, for mixing with
other wheats for the manufacture of bread flour. A
At present there is no demand whatever in this country for the
so-called macaroni or durum wheats, for the reason, primarily, that
the mills can not grind them. What are known as No. 1 Duluth
and No. 1 Manitoba are the hardest wheats sold for consumption in
this market. The same conditions that confront American millers
confront the principal millers in Denmark, since the same kind of
milling machinery is employed. Some of the dealers here have
already received samples of macaroni wheat from the United States,
but hold to the opinion that there is no chance to sell the durums
in this market. Others, however, to whom I have explained the
uses to which macaroni wheats are put in the Volga River regions in
Russia have expressed the opinion that there may be some demand 3
in the Scandinavian countries for the American-grown kubanka variety,
if it be equal in quality to that grown in Russia. These dealers
(who operate in all three of the Scandinavian countries) have sent
to the United States for samples. What the results will be remains
to be seen. But if there be any opportunity to sell the wheats in
the Scandinavian countries through Copenhagen I have no doubt
every advantage will be taken of it.
