CHINA
673
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**
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were :—— Silk, Raw, Ref.and Coc❜ns. Hk. Tls. 78,611,977 Tallow
Tea
Silk Piece Goods Minerals, mostly Tin Skins, Hides, Undressed
Beancake
.Hk. Tls. 3,124,423
55,562,519 Meats, Fresh and Pres'vd.
99
2,990,930
22,188,742 Strawbraid
"
2,863,387
21,443,939 Mats and Matting. 21,430,972 Skins, Dressed
2,776,378
""
99
2,564,089
20,706,181 Vermicilli and Macaroni
2,555,634
Beans
Oil, Vegetable.....
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20,218,926 Fire-crackers and F'works 15,623,544 Ground Nuts
2,353,932
2,126,214
Cotton, Raw and Waste
Wool.....
19
Sesamum Seed
99
Wheat and other Cereals
2
14,041,406 Timber and Wood...... 12,396,469 Fish and Fishery Products 9,555,965 China, E'tlı'ware., Pottery 7,678,930 Seedcake
1,794,842
1,759,212
1,706,289
1,452,545
Seed, Rape, etc.
6,693,425 Grasscloth
1,318,661
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Coal and Coke
6,144,450 Vegetables
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1,220,865
Animals, Living
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5,482,649 Fruit, Fresh and Dried...
99
1,144,876
Bristles......
99
4,875,135 Lard
19
1,138,964
Eggs, Albumen and Yolk
19
4,864,925
Samshu.
""
1,126,257
Paper
"2
4,261,052 Salt
....
1,072,863
"
Fibres, Rainie, Hemp, &e.
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3,712,485 Peas
....
1,032,626
Eggs, Fresh and Pres'vd. Medicines
22
""
3,561,361
Sundries
""
34,213,384
""
3,176,244
NaukeensandCottonGds.
3,160,036
Tobacco and Cigarettes..
3,133,451
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Total
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418,861,164
Goods to the value of Tls. 71,735,070 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 37,162,029 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, in 1915 was divided amongst the different flags as under:
Percentages
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Tonnage Trade.
British....
33,339
Chinese
141,965
>>
Japanese.
20,141
Russian
4,873
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37,675,657 Tls. 898,717,535 24,159,009 23,873,016 1,922,055
41.55
41'63
574,572,050
26'65
26.62
502,745,152
26*33
23.29
81,224,609
2.12
3.76
French....
537
561,955
35,281,265
*62
1.64
""
American
3,148
804.414
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24,397,390
*89
1'13
Norwegian
726
774,873
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16,893,560
*85
*78
Other Countries
892
337,099
7,201,128
*38
*33
99
Dutch
287
496,664
12,141,967
*55
*56
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German
979
58,263
""
5,592,869
*06
*26
206,887
90,663,005
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2,158,767,525
100
100
The vessels entered and cleared in 1915 were made up of 103,953 steamers of 84,641,227 tons, and 102,924 sailing vessels of 6,021,778 tons; the latter including 5,503,598 Chinese junk tonnage.
The gross coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 384,851,470 outward, and Tls. 398,108,739 inward, the net native imports (that is, goods not re-ex- ported) at the Treaty Ports being Tls. 227,896,009, and the exports to Treaty Ports Tls. 229,397,852.
The Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 36,747,706, and was derived from :-
Import Export Coast T'de, Opium
Duty. Duty. Duty.
T'nage. Transit Dues. Dues.
Duty.
Opium Likin.
370,471
926,316
1,095,444 1,519,506
963,833
5,139
12,848
99,514
769,433
Foreign...Tls. 12,653,390 11,005,367 1,553,-80
Native
...
1,338,221 4,434,342
,, 13,991,611 15,439,709 2,517,713
375,610 939,164 1,194,958 2,288,939
Totals......
The Native Customs Revenue at nineteen coast and river ports for 1915 amounted to Hk. Taels 3,784,570.
Mr. F. E. Taylor, Statistical Seeretary to the Maritime Customs, in his report on the Fo eign Trade of China for 1915, says:-
General. The interference with commerce of the European war was very marked during 1915, principally owing to the scarcity of tonnage and to the rise in freights.