Chapter 492： Promote pork (1/2)

Agriculture accounts for a large proportion of the total economy, and the entire industry chain employs tens of millions of people. Once it does not withstand the shock, the Austrian economy will be hit hard.

Despite colonial spillovers, homeland remains at the core. It is far from the time to transfer the primary industry. Before the birth of fertilizers, the Austrian agricultural dividend period will not end.

Due to practical needs, Franz can only advance the development of the aquaculture industry in advance and artificially increase food consumption.

The reason for this is that the income level of the people has not increased, and the demand for meat in the market is relatively small.

According to the original plan, Franz was planning to put the aquaculture industry after 1875, which was determined based on the economic development of European countries.

Those who study the economy are accustomed to putting 1870 ~ 1890 in a cycle, mainly due to the outbreak of the second industrial revolution. During this period, the economies of Europe and the United States have grown rapidly, and the people's income has also greatly improved.

The increase in income is accompanied by an increase in consumption levels. According to data analyzed by economic experts, 5 years will be the golden period to promote animal husbandry.

Due to the restrictions of the times, in this era, there is no need to worry about the impact of beef and mutton in Argentina, Canada, and Australia, at least in the fresh meat market.

Freezing technology is not enough. If you want to deliver fresh meat to Europe, you must deliver it.

It is not easy to transport living cattle and sheep from thousands of miles to the European continent. A small accident at sea will cause heavy losses.

Amortizing these transportation costs, even if they are shipped to continental Europe, the price is not cheap. At most, it sells beef jerky or bacon.

In the short term, there is no such competitor, and it is another period of agricultural product dividends. However, this dividend period must occur at a time when the market demand is strong.

Now the development of aquaculture industry is started ahead of time, and it is still difficult to make the market in the early stage.

In fact, the development of animal husbandry was not conceived by Franz himself. The Ministry of Agriculture had long planned, but it was not expected that the Russians would return to the agricultural export market so soon.

After the tsarist government announced that it was in bad debts, European countries took revenge measures, radically confiscated Russian exports directly to pay off debts, and eased a bit of debt taxes.

Well, this debt tax was pioneered by Franz, that is, a certain percentage of tax is drawn from Russian imports to pay off previous debts.

In the relationship between the Russian and Austrian alliances, this debt tax Austria only collects a little bit of symbolism, and other European countries do not give it such a face.

The specific ratio depends on everyone's mood. Generally, it will not be less than 30%. Affected by this, in the past two or three years, the export trade of the Russian Empire has shrunk by eight layers.

Now that the Tsarist government proposes to pay off grain, it is actually in order to break these restrictions. Otherwise, even if the price of their food is cheap, it will be difficult to have market competitiveness.

Finding problems is easy, and solving them is difficult. After being aware of the Russians' movement, the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture became busy.

Christian, nearly seventies, had to take back his leave report. Without solving this problem, he should not want to go on holiday with peace of mind.

This time is not too long. Perhaps from the second half of the year, Russian agricultural products will appear on the international market again.

After another two or three years, Austria's dominance of agricultural product exports will cease to exist.

The international market is so big, as long as the Russians send out grain from Ukraine and Moscow, they can grab a large market share.

There were only a few major food importing countries in this era. Britain, Italy, the German Federal Empire, and the remaining Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Switzerland, although they were also importing food, were not in great demand.

Overall, there are about 30 million people in the European grain market.

Of course, this only refers to staple foods. The demand for other agricultural and sideline products varies greatly and it is difficult to make effective statistics.

This market is still increasing at a rate of 2 million per year. This is due to population growth in various countries. There has been no improvement in agricultural technology, population growth, and grain production has not increased simultaneously, and a gap has also appeared.

Of the agricultural products produced in Austria, 24.6% are for export, and this is the part that is most affected.

After collating the information, Christian sighed. The Minister of Agriculture is not easy to do, it is too difficult to get results, and it is too easy to get problems.

The proportion of exports is too large and it is easy to be affected by the international market. This is the biggest problem. If you want to switch to domestic sales, the domestic market can't consume it.

The snow is still falling, and the sky in Vienna seems to like silver this winter. Cold wind blows, and Christian, who just came out of the carriage, shivered.

Without a pause, Christian entered the palace quickly and transferred to another carriage.

The area of ​​Schönbrunn Palace is not small. After Franz's succession, the reconstruction of the rotten tail project has begun, and the area now is even larger.

Of course, I mainly went into a hunting ground, which was strongly demanded by Grand Duke Carl, because Queen Sophie was worried about his body and would not let him go hunting. To make it easier for the elderly father to hunt, Franz naturally agreed.

Anyway, Vienna is the territory of the Habsburgs. Most of the land is royal, there is no land cost, and it will not cost much to add a fence.