JAPAN
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Since the war with Russia, the amount of capital invested in the sugar refining business in Japan has been more than quadrupled. The companies which were in existence before the war have more than doubled their capital, and new companies, having an aggregate capital equal to that of the old companies, have been formed. The trade of 1909 was divided between the old Treaty Ports as under :—
Yokohama Kobe Nagasaki Osaka Moji Other Ports. Totals. Exports, Y. 205,163,108; 100,616,555 | 3,581,684/47,148,028 |14,104,582 42,498,554 413,112,511 Imports,,,
131,000,369) 184,224,779 | 9,312,685|25,873,610|15,725,952|28,061,448]394,198,843
Totals, 336,163,477 284,841,334 12,894,369 73,021,638 29,830,534 70,560,002 807,311,354
The following was the total value of the trade with Foreign Countries in 1909:-
Exports
Imports
United States of America
China....
Yen 131,547,139
54,043,172
Total 185,590,311
>>
89,284,821
65,050,926
154,335,747
Continent of Europe
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69,059,621
61,851,695
130,911,316
Great Britain
>>
27,092,677
86,227,750
113,320,427
India, Australia and Canada
>>
24,093,335
69,606,139
93,699,474
Corea..
26,997,842
19
14,139,067
4,136,909
Hongkong
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21,675,036
628,40-1
22,304,040
Dutch Indies
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3,071,539
18,631,783
21,703,322
Hawaii and Egypt
British Straits Settlements
Philippines and Siam French Indo-China....
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4,412,872
5,477,800
9,890,672
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5,661,589
2,972,195
8,633,784
>>
3,643,397
3,598,995
7,242,392
"
439,796
6,372,448
6,812,244
Other Countries.
Asiatic Russia
Mexico, Peru and Chili
Unknown ........
2,037,846
2,760,413
4,798,259
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11
3,388,312
228,381
3,616,693
332,278
1,620,925
1,953,203
>>
373,811
988,750
1,362,561
Totals Yen 413,112,511
394,198,843 807,311,354
The following table shows the total values of goods exported in 1909 :--- Silk (Raw and Waste) ...... Yen 132,159,583
Grains and Seeds
Yen
7,109,187
Cotton Yarns
19
33,702,049
Fish
6,976,909
Silk Manufactures
>>
28,923,554
Braids
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6,474,176
Copper
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23,456,945
Sugar Refined
5,082,617
Ores and Minerals
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18,853,538
Paper and Paper M'factures.
>>
17,672,986
97
13,354,072
>>
11,625,185
10,250,355
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>>
10,104,243
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8,801,653
8,308,951
7,601,605
Manufactures
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1
59
7,192,992
Cotton Tissues...
Tea...
Matches.
Cotton Manufactures...
Clothing and Accessories
Drugs, Medicines, &c.
Vegetables and Fruits
Lumber, Manufactures of...
Earthenware and Porcelain
The import of foreign produce and manufactures in 1909 were as follows:
Cotton Yarns............
Yen 129,912,366 Metal Manufactures
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5,018,444
Oils and Waxes
4,980,133
Mats and Mattings.
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4,602,024
Alcoholic Liquors
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4,505,654
Metals and MetalM'factures.
3,964,410
Machinery
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3,722,265
Skins, Hair, &c.
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2,146,115
Tobacco and Cigarettes
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Sundries
>>
1,762,402 24,336,934
Total Yen 413,112,511
Yen
7,663,152
Grains and Seeds
Iron and Steel
Oil Cake
Machinery
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28,858,087 Beverages and Comestibles.. 26,945,876 Skins, Hairs, Horns, &c. 24,426,945 Copper, Lead, Zinc, &c. 20,361,991 Ores and Minerals
>>
7,585,600
6,925,158
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6,853,366
5,670,487
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Oils and Waxes.
Drugs, Cicals, and Medicines Cotton Manufactures..
Sugar and Confectioneries... Earthenware Manufactures Dyes and Paints Woollen Tissues
Paper and Paper, Mfactures Cotton and Woollens Manu-
factures
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3)
18,290,415 Vehicles,Clocks, Watches, &c. 17,277,786 Scientifical Instruments 1-4,050,279 Clothing and Accessories 13,550,678 India Rubber
>>
5,358,104
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2,630,511
1,779,157
11
1,757,133
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13,250,272 Pulp for Paper Manufacture 10,899,057 Tobacco
19
1,574,538
>>
9,080,018 Sundries
1,403,566 11,144,163
8,748,563
57
11
8,201,275
Total Yen 394,198,813