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SHANGHAI
The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong, and Chinese ports in 1901 were :-
Silk
...
...Tls. 33,881,482 |Beans& BeancakesTls.2,743,667 | Eggs, F. & P'ved.Tls. 606, 20.5
Silk Manufactures 10,420,879 Paper
Ten ...
9,160,174 Opium
Cotton, Raw 5,819,969 Oils(Vegetable)... Cotton Gds. & Yarn 5,623,674 Sugar
Rice
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(Free) (Tribute)
5,118,461 Wool
830,201 Tobacco
1,956,805 Hemp
4,119,545 Tallow
2,043,754 Flour
569,280
1,994,603 | Musk
482,505
1,991,610 Ground Nuts
451,584
1,868,108 Vicelli & Macaroni 448,692
1,696,260 Fungus
440,293
1,578,969 Wax...
423,319
1,161,178 earls, Real
330,470
1,510,151 Dried Lily Flowers 311,328
1.113,719 Feathers
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...
308,679
...
1,073,312 Sundries...
8,278,531
975,673
Hides ...
Fursand Fur Rugs 4,024,251 Wheat...
Straw Braid
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3,426,577 | Medicines Cloth & Nankeens 3,422,461 | Bristles Seeds...
3,145,502 Nutgalls...
Of this amount there was sent to- Continent of Europe...... ... Tls. 28,638,712 U. States & Philippine Islds. 15,848,887 Hongkong
Japan and Formosa Great Britain
India
Russian Manchuria
...
...
...
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9,342,439
8,426,845 7,677,523
3,115,447
2,417,936
Turkey in Asia. Persia, Egypt, &c. 1,897,943 Russia, via Odessa & Batoum 1,668,081 Corea
967,777
766,220 Total Hk. Tls. 124,118,091
Straits, Atʼralia,& Brit. America Tls. 870,873 Other Foreign Countries
93,823
To F'rgn. Countries, Hk. Tls. 80,966,286-
Northern Ports...
Tis. 17,347,042 Southern Ports
15,202,298
Yangtsze and Central Ports 10,602,465
To Chinese Ports, Hk. Tls. 43,151,805
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 5,265,149, almost all of which was Refuse Silk, Cocoons, and Strawbraid. This was an increase of Tls. 995,281 as compared with that of 1900.
The total Carrying Trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1901 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage
British...
3,959 5,651,591
227
68,725 4,186
5,720,316
Duties Tls. 4,859,184
German
1,068
1,698,588
6
1,268
1,074
1,699,856
1,142,344
Japanese
J
886
1,284,470
2
638
888
1,25,108
637,230
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American...
319
392,245
55
25,533
374
417,778
220,384
French...
104
220,790
104
220,790
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435,888
Norwegian
152
172,525
152
172,525
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51,200
Russian
105
131,059
134
107
131,193
26,975
Danish, Dutch, &c. 82
106,056
616
84
106,672
75,696
99
Austrian
33
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62,037
33
62,037
122,599
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Chinese
682
824,227 677
140,683
1,359
961,910
164,357
19
On Opiumi
416,839
...
99
Totals
...
7,390 10,543,588
971
237,597
8,361 10,781,185
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8,152,696
Of these 205 steamers and 26 sailing vessels entered, and 561 steamers and 136 sailing vessels cleared in ballast.
The total Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 8,152,696, for the same year consisted of : Import Duties
Export Duties
...Hk. Tls. 4,469,233
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Coast Trade Duties .....
19
1,657,325 268,306
Tonnage Dues Transit Dues..... Opium Likin
...
...Hk. Tls.
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544,449
104,787
1,108,599
Of the total value of the Imports of Foreign Goods at all the Treaty ports and from Hongkong and Macao at non-Treaty ports, fifty-eight per cent., and of the Exports to foreign countries nearly fifty per cent. passed through Shanghai, besides most of the coasting trade; more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels thus belonging to "the commercial metropolis of China."
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