Time passed by in a hurry and more than a month passed without realizing it. Edel also spent Christmas with his parents and wife, and then the calendar turned to 1914. The situation in Europe is still tense, but many people are worried about it.
Expressing optimism, Edel knew that this was the last time of peace in Europe. Just this year, the Entente Powers, led by Britain, France, and Russia, and the Central Powers, led by Germany and Austria, would fight fiercely for their own interests. Romania's small body can now only
Just sit back and wait until the last moment to place your bet.
Recently, Edel asked the guards to hang up a large world map in his office to remind him at any time. Romania is now sandwiched between the Allies and the Entente, and its treatment is not much better than that of the Balkan countries.
Moreover, according to Eder's request, Transylvania and Bessarabia, two regions with a Romanian majority, need to be divided into Romania. This is something that neither the Entente nor the Alliance will agree to now. Now Transylvania
Vania is in the hands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Bessarabia is also occupied by Russia. Even the arrogant Romanians must admit that neither of the above two countries can compete with Romania's current small body.
So Edel has only one preparation for this, which is to wait until Russia is occupied by Ulyanov and until Austria-Hungary can no longer fight. Even if the conditions provided by Britain and France are reduced, he will have to wait. Because by then, as Russia
The change of color and the collapse of Austria-Hungary, coupled with the defeat of Germany, will create a power void in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Although in the next ten years or so, with the rise of the Soviet Union and the rearmament of Germany, this window period will end. But Edel is interested in this time period and plans to control it during this period, which will be of great benefit to Romania. If
If done well, it may not be impossible to earn Romania a seat among the imperial powers.
Now Edel is learning about various situations in Romania in order to gain a seat among the new powers in the future.
In the previous statistics, Edel warned the government statistics department that this statistics was very important, and asked them to put more thought into doing it well. However, the statistical results this time are worthy of Edel's warning, and the data are very detailed.
One more thing to say here is that after the statistical survey at the end of 1910, Edel handed over statisticians to the government. Seeing that the statistical results were conducive to government policy adjustments, the government established a special statistics department based on these personnel. Now there are
There are more than 300 people dedicated to this work, and Edel looked at the statistical results of Romania.
This year, as Romania participated in the Second Balkan War, economic development has eased compared to previous years. This year, Romania's gross national product (GDP) (excluding new territory statistics) reached 6.301 billion lei, compared with 59.17 at the end of 1912.
Billions of lei increased by 6.5%, and the growth rate has eased. However, it is believed that with the improvement of the statistical department next year and the inclusion of statistics on the former Bulgarian territory, Romania will have a substantial growth.
The main reason for the reduction in Romania's economic growth is the slowdown in the growth of the automobile manufacturing industry, which is its pillar industry. In Europe, Volkswagen's exports reached a new high, reaching 521,500 complete vehicle exports, but the increase was only higher than last year.
3.8%, export volume has entered a period of weakness. The European automobile market has further expanded, reaching a scale of 3.7 million vehicles, an increase of 6.7%.
More than half of the new vehicles are occupied by other European car manufacturers. This trend is most obvious in France and Italy. Among them, Renault and Fiat have added a new car production workshop, which is also related to the increase in car tariffs in European countries.
It has a lot to do with it. In the past, car tariffs were only 15.7%.
However, after automakers from various countries lobbied the government to increase vehicle import tariffs, tariffs generally increased by 5-10%. However, Romania imports less from France and Italy, leaving it without countermeasures, and France and Italy impose strict restrictions on their own auto manufacturing.
The industry attaches the greatest importance to the industry, so the growth rate of the two countries is the highest at 10%.
Due to their respective interests, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia only grew by 5%, 5.5% respectively. The 6.1% increase allowed Volkswagen to maintain good competitiveness. As for the United Kingdom, due to the dispersion of automobile manufacturers, it also increased by 7.8%.
% tariff does not pose a high threat to Volkswagen, which still dominates this country.
Although the export of complete vehicles has been threatened, relying on lower wages and large-scale assembly lines, Volkswagen still occupies 68% of the European automobile market and remains the number one target of automobile manufacturers from various countries.
The export of auto parts benefited from the existing market size, allowing Volkswagen to make very good profits. According to customs statistics at the end of the year, the export volume of auto parts in 1913 reached 64.123 million lei.
Due to the extensive use of automobiles, the amount of oil used in Europe has now reached 8.65 million tons, of which oil from Persia and oil from Baku, Russia account for 41% of the market. In Romania, due to the funds of the government and the royal family, the amount of oil used has also reached 8.65 million tons.
Its oil occupies 18.7% of the market share, and the remaining share is occupied by American Petroleum Company, which was spun off by Standard Oil.
It is worth mentioning that when Standard Oil was split up, Eder and the Romanian government requested the redemption of the 12.5% stake in the Romanian Petroleum Company that Standard had previously invested. I don’t know if it was because Europe was about to go to war or for some other reason, but Rockefeller agreed.
Romania's move. To this end, Eder and the government spent 45 million lei to buy back 12.5% of the Romanian Petroleum Company's shares. Standard Oil's move to quadruple the capital invested in the stock in 7 years was considered a move at the time.
A beautiful story that makes people talk about it.
In addition to automobile and oil exports, Romania's other major export item is traditional grain exports. According to statistics at the end of 1913, Romania's grain exports this year reached a new export high of 3.17 million tons. Among them, corn is mainly exported as livestock feed.
Reached 1.36 million tons, while wheat exports decreased to 874,000 tons, and other types of grain exports were 936,000 tons, mainly crops such as barley, oats, and potatoes. 39% of the grain was exported after deep processing.
Go abroad.
From this data, Eder can see that the quality of life of the Romanian people is gradually improving. While the output of wheat, a staple food, has reached a new high, the export volume is shrinking. It can be seen that a large amount of wheat is consumed by the Romanian people.
As a raw material for sugar extraction, beets are basically not exported. This also shows that the quality of life in Romania has improved significantly. After meeting the basic needs of food and clothing, people began to pursue a better quality of life.
Even if the export volume of grain and automobiles has increased slowly, Romania's total exports this year have reached a new high of 1.378 billion lei, and total imports have also reached a record high of 1.198 billion lei.
As the fiscal revenue that the government is most concerned about, Romania's total tax revenue this year has reached 612 million lei, of which the largest contribution is import and export tariffs, which have reached 147 million lei, followed by industrial and commercial taxes, which have reached 67.4 million lei.
Then there is the agricultural tax of 48.7 million lei, and the rest is various other taxes.
As for the value-added tax that occupies a large part of society now, it has disappeared. Edel did not study taxation in his previous life, so the Romanian government has taxes that are now common in all countries, but he does not know about the taxes that have not yet appeared.
PS, Mantou stopped updating because he resigned and was looking for a house. Now I want to make up for it. As for time, just take your time.
