My Italian: Chapter 494 industrial development in italy

1904 was a calm year for Italy. During this year, the Italian economy grew rapidly, and the annual Italian economic growth rate reached as much as 7.4%.

The main reason for the Italian economy to achieve such growth is the reason for the rapid development of the Italian automobile manufacturing industry, petrochemical industry, and related industries.

Especially taking the automobile manufacturing industry as an example, the manufacturing of automobiles drives the development of related industries such as steel, leather, wood, and rubber. After all, automobile manufacturing needs to use these industries, so these industries have also been fully stimulated by it. development of.

One more thing to say here, because of the development of the automobile manufacturing industry, the rubber plantation industry, which is a component of the automobile, has also developed, especially in the price of rubber, which has been fully reflected. The current price of rubber in London has risen from 1 shilling 2p per pound at this time last year to 1 shilling 9p per pound now.

In addition to the large amount of rubber required by the automobile industry, the reason for the sharp rise in rubber prices is that the growth of global rubber is not as good as demand. It is important to know that rubber trees only start to produce rubber after 6-7 years of growth, which means that the production of rubber has a serious delay. At present, the largest rubber producer in the world is Italian Borneo. The region's rubber production accounts for 47% of the world's output. It can be said that the rubber production in Borneo determines the price of rubber in the world.

The increase in rubber prices, in a sense, can also be regarded as an increase in the income of the Italian Borneo colony. Presumably, the fiscal revenue of the Italian Borneo government will have a relatively high increase this year.

In addition, the development of the internal combustion engine industry, which is dominated by the automobile manufacturing industry, has also driven the growth of Italy's petrochemical industry. Last year, Italy extracted 2.4 million tons of oil in Libya, making it Europe's largest oil seller. And the extracted oil was sent to the mainland by oil tankers for refining, and then the refined oil and some crude oil were sold to European countries.

In addition to selling oil in Europe, the Balikpapan oil field in the Borneo colony provides crude oil and refined oil to the Far East. As the largest oil field in Southeast Asia and the Far East at present, the oil and standard oil from the Balikpapan Oilfield are supplied to the Far East.

According to the statistics of the Italian Petroleum Company, in the whole year of 1904, the company sold a total of 127 million lire worth of petrochemical products and made a profit of 71 million lire.

The development of petrochemical industry in Italy has also promoted the development of another industry, that is, diesel engine related industries. As a major branch of internal combustion engines, although diesel engines have not been as eye-catching as gasoline engines in recent years, they have also developed rapidly. At present, diesel engines have been used in mines in various countries, electricity, ship power, agricultural irrigation and other aspects of society.

At present, more than 90% of the diesel engines in the world come from the Naples Machinery Factory. So don't look at the factory's reputation outside the country, but it is definitely famous in the industry. And recently, the Naples Machinery Plant is also preparing to enter the field of vehicle manufacturing, whether it is influenced by Fiat Automobile Company.

However, they may know the shortcomings of their flagship product diesel engines, so Naples plans to use the characteristics of diesel engines to start with agricultural tractors and engineering special vehicles.

After all, these two industries do not care about noise and jitter, but pay more attention to high horsepower, large twist, and full stamina.

The Naples Machinery Factory has such an idea, in addition to the factor of Fiat, it is also thanks to the continuous efforts of the Milan Power Laboratory to miniaturize diesel engines. After several years of research, the Milan laboratory has finally come up with a reliable small diesel engine.

It is these miniaturized diesel engines that enable the Naples Machinery Factory to place them on special vehicles and agricultural tractors.

It is driven by these industries that Italy's industrial strength will make great progress. Taking the Italian steel industry as an example, Italian industrialization has demanded more steel in recent years, so the local steel factories in Italy are doing well. Every year the steel produced is sold out. This year, Italy's total steel production is 4.83 million tons, of which steel production is 214 tons and iron production is 2.69 million tons.

It seems that the progress is not small, but it is still not enough for the consumption of the country.

At present, the main problem restricting the Italian steel industry is that coal and iron are not in one place, and the two are too far apart, and the only large-scale iron-rich mine in Sabha is hidden in the interior of Libya, and its external transportation depends on a road across the Gobi desert. Sesu Railway.

The current increase in Italian steel production can only be expanded if the constraints on rail transport in Sessu are resolved. In fact, there is another way, that is to purchase coal and iron ore from other countries. However, this suggestion is not a good choice for Rome, but it can be used in an emergency. After all, the coal and iron mines in the Ruhr are separated from Italy by Switzerland.

In addition to iron ore, the output of Italian coal mines has reached a new high this year. In 1904, Italian coal production reached a record high of 26.8 million tons. Although this output is a bit embarrassing among the big powers, for Italy, it has already done its best. Whoever made the Apennine Peninsula have no coal mines. If it weren't for the discovery of many coal resources in Kosovo and Albania, there would be no such mines.

There is no way, who made Italy the mine.

Italy lacks mineral resources, but there is no shortage of population. At present, the total population of Italy is 38.17 million, an increase of 1.7 million compared with five years ago. Italians pay attention to the concept of family, which keeps their population growth at a high level for a long time. Perhaps only the use of universal contraceptives and high prices can make Italians lower their fertility rates.

And such a large population is a huge pressure for Italy. You must know that this year, Italy's total grain output is 8.15 million tons, with an average of 213 kilograms of grain per person. This is definitely not enough to eat, so Italy needs to spend a lot of money every year to purchase a large amount of food from abroad.

It can be said that the food issue is very crucial to Italy~www.mtlnovel.com~ Of course, food is a very serious issue, but currently Italy has no good solution, so it can only take one step at a time.

Of course, we can temporarily ignore the issue of food.

According to statistics, Italian industry currently accounts for 4.2% of the world's share. Although this may seem inconspicuous, it is already very good. You must know that Austria-Hungary only accounts for 4.4% of the share, while France only has a share of 6.1%. As for the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, the weather is fine today, so we can talk about something else.

The growth of Italy's industry, of course, also brought benefits to it. According to the statistics of fiscal revenue in 1904, Italy's total fiscal revenue for the whole year reached 2.419 billion lire. Such a high fiscal revenue can be obtained thanks to the development and growth of the electrical revolution in Italy. In order to allow its fiscal revenue to achieve higher growth.

And more fiscal revenue will naturally give the Italian government more funds at its disposal, which can provide more benefits to the Italian people.

However, such a stable life in Italy will not last long.

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