The importance of East Africa to Germany is self-evident. As Germany's mortal enemy, France can be said to be the country that understands Germany best. This understanding goes deep into Germany's economic, military, political and other fields.
As East Africa is Germany's main supplier of cotton, rubber, sugar, and various mineral resources, if the relationship between East Africa and Germany can undergo negative changes, it will severely hit Germany's economy and industry.
Of course, it is obviously impossible to destroy the relationship between East Africa and Germany easily, and French government can only try to do it slowly.
Time flies to the beginning of 1910, which also means that the East Africa Plan has officially come to an end.
While countries around the world, especially Germany and France, are paying special attention to East Africa, East African government is also accelerating to summarize the construction achievements of its own country's plans.
East Africa is eager for countries such as Germany and France to win over East Africa and provide more chips that are beneficial to the development of East Africa. Therefore, they are happy to see the competition between Germany, France and other countries. Ernst and East African government have been firmly on the Diaoyutai from the beginning.
Therefore, East Africa pays more attention to the development of its own industry and economy than international disputes.
Like First Five-Year Plan, most projects of the East Africa Plan were basically completed ahead of schedule, and some projects exceeded the schedule, while only a few projects were not completed.
At present, the plan has been completed more than 97%, and East Africa will make corresponding adjustments to its domestic industry according to specific conditions and start preparing for Third Five-Year Plan.
Luosong said, "At present, my country's annual steel production has exceeded 10 million tons, second only to United States and Germany in the world. The specific number of steel production last year was 10.87 million tons, which has achieved the steel production target during the planned period."
In 1909, United States's steel output reached more than 25 million tons, ranking first in the world. In fact, in 1908, United States's steel output was even higher, reaching more than 26 million tons. However, affected by the economic crisis, it has now declined.
In 1909, Germany's steel production reached more than 13 million tons, ranking second in the world. In 1909, the combined steel production of East Africa and Germany was not as much as United States.
British steel production continues to remain at a level of more than 6 million tons. As early as the beginning of the East Africa Plan, British steel annual output was more than 6 million tons, and there has been basically no progress in recent years.
France and Austro-Hungarian Empire have made greater progress, with steel output exceeding three million tons and two million tons respectively. France has successfully pushed Russia down and is in the fifth position in the world. Russia's current annual steel output is slightly lower than France, but it is still around three million tons.
Austro-Hungarian Empire squeezed out Belgium to rank seventh in the world, also winning by a slight advantage. Belgium's steel output is close to two million tons, which has a lot to do with Congo Colony's iron ore resources.
In addition to the iron ore imported from the mainland to the colonies, Belgium also established a steel plant in Belgian Congo. A large part of the orders came from East Africa and were exported to western East Africa and Northwest Region nearby.
There are many colonies similar to Belgian Congo, especially Canada, a British colony. India's steel production has developed greatly. In fact, there was also South Africa in history. After all, South Africa had rich coal and iron ore resources in its previous life, but now these resources mainly serve East Africa itself.
However, even if Britain's colonial steel production is included, it will not exceed 8 million tons. Except for Canada and India, the steel production of other colonies is almost negligible.
The conditions in Australia are good, with abundant coal and iron ore resources, but now Australia still acts as the British "prison", and its development is far inferior to that of Canada, which is next to United States. The population shortcoming is particularly obvious.
At present, there is not much gap between East Africa's steel output and Germany's. By the time Third Five-Year Plan arrives, East African government is very confident that it will surpass Germany in steel output.
"My country's steel industry has not only achieved breakthroughs in output, but also formed multi-core development advantages, forming many steel production bases in the central, eastern, western and southern, northeastern and other regions."
"The formation of emerging steel industry cities such as Cabinda and Mogadishu provides a basic guarantee for the construction of industry and infrastructure in our country."
"The output of special steel has increased significantly, providing basic conditions for my country's military manufacturing, shipbuilding, etc., and at the same time, it has greatly increased the international market for my country's steel, forming multiple competitive steel varieties for export."
"In the same period, my country's coal production increased by nearly 200 million tons, reaching the world's top level."
During the same period, East African mainland coal output ranked fourth in the world, that is, after United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
It is worth noting that the United Kingdom ranks second in the world in mainland Britain coal production, surpassing Germany and East Africa, but its steel production is far behind Germany and East Africa.
The reason for this difference is not only the relatively backward steel smelting technology in the UK, but also the higher proportion of domestic coal energy in the UK.
Especially in Germany, United States and East Africa, they have begun to use electricity on a large scale to replace coal as factory power. East Africa has gone a step further, and oil, natural gas and electricity have all increased significantly.
Many factories in the UK still use steam engines as power, and European and American countries have heating and fuel needs in winter, so their coal's status in the country's energy source is higher than that in East Africa.
As a tropical country, East Africa has no winter in most areas of the country, so there is no need for winter heating. In terms of fuel, East Africa is also relatively diversified. In addition to coal, it also includes plant straw, electricity, natural gas and other methods.
Plant straw is mainly used in rural areas, while electricity is mainly used in some household appliances, the most typical ones being rice cookers and water heaters, and natural gas is also widely used in many cities.
Therefore, in East African energy, the status of coal is declining faster than in other countries. The most important thing is the popularization and promotion of electricity and natural gas.
At the same time, fuel also involves areas such as travel and agriculture, such as railway locomotives. European and American countries still mainly use steam locomotives, while East Africa already uses diesel locomotives.
Of course, the coal mining volume in East Africa has not been greatly negatively affected by the decline in the status of coal. The coal mining volume is still rising year by year, and is expected to completely exceed the 200 million tons mark this year. The demand for metal smelting, power generation, etc. is relatively strong. In addition, East Africa is already in a stage of rapid population growth, so the demand cannot be small.
"My country's steel industry and coal mining industry are closely related. The breakthroughs in both steel and coal output indicate that East Africa's industrial strength has further improved among the world's major countries. From a total perspective, my country's industrial volume is already second only to United States and Germany."
"This also reflects the problem of my country's low industrial output value. Based on the inference of my country's steel output, my country's industrial volume should not be weaker than that of the United Kingdom and France. However, the industrial output value is far less than expected, especially in light industry. Although great progress has been made during the plan period, the gap with European and American countries is still relatively obvious."
This problem is not only faced in East Africa, but also in United States and Germany. However, American economy is large and has the most complete industrial system, so the problem is not outstanding. East Africa and Germany are different. The scale of Germany and East African industry is definitely larger than that of Britain and France, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of profits.
Germany's main response is to develop the financial industry. After all, German industry is subject to local restrictions compared to United States and East Africa. The types of mineral resources are certainly not as rich as those in East Africa and United States, and the total mineral output is not as large as those of the two countries. Although the UK and France are not too large in area, they have overseas colonies.
As for East Africa, it should continue to intensify efforts to transform and upgrade its own light industry, and at the same time develop mid-to-high-end products to increase industrial added value, thereby increasing the country's overall industrial output value.