CHINA
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The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1909 :- Cotton Goods
.Hk. Tls. 141,326,100 Miscellaneous Piece Gds. Hk. Tls. 2,772,053
Opium
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36,027,082 Medicines
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2,700,076
Sugar
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27,227,319 Clothing and Shoes
2,695,234
Kerosene Oil
23,376,300 Household Stores
2,537,585
Metals
17,788,300 Bêche de Mer & Seaweed
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2,205,162
Rice and Rice Bran
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17,493,637 Cotton, Raw
Railway Plant Coal and Coke
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2,152,524
13,219,893 Woollen&C'ton Mixtures
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2,037,983
11
8,815,563 Soap and Perfumery..
Fish & Fishery Products Cigarettes and Cigars... Machinery and Fittings Matches
1)
1,915,916
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8,774,771 Dyes, Aniline.....
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1,803,217
11
6,085,268 Ginseng
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1,735,760
19
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5,800,170 Hosiery & Haberdashery 5,680,676 Cement
1,695,158
Timber and Woods
Paper and Stationery
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1,643,591
5,249,198 Glass and Glassware
1,489,118
Leather and manufrs. of
4,816,937 Electrical Materials..... 4 359,721 Paints and Colours
1,387,024
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Bags, all kinds
19
1,315,602
11
4,216,832 Hardware
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1,274,759
Indigo
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4,159,902 Tobacco
1,264,318
Ten
27
3,841,649 Candles
1,201,269
Woollen Goods
19
3,531,45 Sundries
Wines, Beer, Spirits...
48,187,795
55
3,371,332
Flour
2,866,362
Total... .430,048,606
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were: Silk, Raw, Ref. &Cocoons Hk. Tls. 71,154,361 Fruit, fresh and dried ... Hk. Tis. 2,312,290 Beans and Beancake......
Tea
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Silk Piece Goods
52,219,925 Tallow, Animal & Veg. 33,567,057 Fibres, Ramic, Hemp, &c. 18,866,907 Nankeens
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2,259,206
2,176,834
Cotton, Raw
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1,793,386
Skins, Hides, Undressed
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14,612,799 China, E'th'ware, Pottery 12,901,764 Grasscloth
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1,752,648
1,669,315
15
Sesamum Seed
11,673,759 Timber and Wood....
1,515,023
Provisions & Vegetables.
8,425,564 Cassia Lignea...
1,491,070
Strawbraid.
8,165,651 Fish & Fishery Products
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1,457,072
Wool..
7,826,548 Seeds, Sesamum..
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1,460,418
Minerals, mostly Tin
7,155,331 Vermicilli & Macaroni...
11
1,454,056
Oil, Vegetable...
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6,102,089 Bamboo & Bambooware
Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats
19
1,139,912
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4,338,652 Feathers
1,325,926
Mats and Matting..
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4,262,438 Ground Nuts
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1,242,508
Fire-crackers & Fireworks
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4,160,079 Hair, All Kinds
1,233,200
Eggs, Albumen & Yolk...
11
3,727,799 Clothing, Boots & Shoes
i 125,428
Bristles and Horns
3,693,309 Nutgalls
Paper
11
3,407,409 Coal
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1,106,535
Tobacco and Cigarettes
3,085,808 Lard
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1,091,144
Flour, Wheat,.
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1,019,962
3,051,935 Sundries
Medicines
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22,494,996
Skins, Dressed Clothing
2,794,665 2,677,973
Total......... 338,992,814
Goods to the value of Tls. 65,739,134 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 27,169,286 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, was divided amongst the different flags as under:
British.
Japanese. Chinese German
French..
American
Norwegian
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Dutch
Russian
Austrian
Other Countries
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Percentages
Tonnage Trade.
27,699
34,026,704 Tls. 767,387,500
39.21
42.09
30,808
18,949,401
265,687,960
21' 4
14.57
135,053
17,860,810
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460,389,396
20'58
25'25
5,354
7,243,742
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152,797,294
8.35
8:38
5,141
4,919,889
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72,275,641
5.67
3.96
815
806,523
11
9,809,326
*93
*5-4
1,420
1,351,802
25,166,587
1*56
1*38
200
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1,267
48 211
316,003 837,262 188,592 271,078
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6,169,435
*36
*34
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52,904,197
*97
2.90
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6,652,870
*22
*36
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4,145,134
31
*23
208,510
86,771,809
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