AP: Danish Exports Up 9%, Outlook Bleak
Charles Johnson
Sat Mar 3, 2007 at 11:32 am PST • Views: 269
Overall Danish exports are up by 9 percent over last year, but the Associated Press wants you to think that the dreaded cartoons of blasphemy are still costing Denmark. (Hat tip: Paul.)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark’s exports to Muslim countries fell by more than 11 percent in 2006 after a boycott of Danish goods to protest the publication of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons, the Danish government said Friday.
Dairy products, dominated by the Scandinavian Arla Foods group, were worst hit, with exports dropping 39 percent to $196 million, Statistics Denmark said.
But overall, Danish exports grew by 9 percent last year to $97 billion. Exports to the 57 countries in the Organization of the Islamic Conference represent only 2.5 percent of all Danish exports.
Notice: AP uses “the Prophet Muhammad” as if it’s an established fact.
Frank says: