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Even more boring old numbers. Don't worry. I've still plenty more to annoy you with.
Fascinating to see the source of Dutch hops. I had the impression that far more hops were imported from Germany in the 1930s. But that's based on what I've seen in Heineken brewing records, where the hops seem to be about 50-50 split between Germany and Czechoslovakia. Clearly, they weren't typical. As the the majority of hops were imported from Czechoslovakia.
While after the war it really was Germany which dominated imports. I can understand why Czech imports might have been interrupted in 1949 when the communists took over. But it's less easy to understand why that should have hung over into the 1950s.

As a neighbouring country and one of the biggest hop producers in the world, it's no real shock that Germany should have been Holland's main hop supplier. Interesting that the UK supplied so many hops in 1951. Then very few from 1953 onwards.



Dutch hop imports 1937 - 1954 (tonnes)


Country
1937
1938
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954


Germany
28
62
216







West Germany



208
206
98
173
231


Czechoslovakia
289
165
4
17
71
71
26
107


Poland
17
72








Yugoslavia
37
30

7
22
67
69
63


UK


2
65
134
49
10
4


Belgium/Lux.



18
9
8
13
5


France




2
11
19



USA




3
30
5
11


Total
389
345
223
315
447
334
314
424


Source:


De Nederlandse Brouwindustrie in Cijfers, by Dr. H. Hoelen, Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor, 1955, held at the Amsterdam City Archives, page 14.






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