SHANGHAI
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Of the total gross value of Goods imported (Hk. Tls. 265,519,271), goods valued at Hk. Tls. 11,296,232 were re-exported to Foreign Countries and Hongkong, and goods valued at Hk. Tls. 134,617,946 to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports).
Perhaps the most striking phase of the year's trade was the rapid growth in the part played by America in the commerce of the port. The total value of the direct trade, import and export, with America rose from 81 million Haikwan taels in 1918 to over 143 million taels in 1919-an increase of 76 per cent. While in 1918 the value of the direct trade with Japan was 55 million taels greater than the value of the direct trade with America, the positions were reversed in 1919, and the United States took first place in Shanghai's foreign trade with a margin of 28 million taels over Japan. To handle this expanding trade 27 new American firms, including three banks and several shipping companies, were established in Shanghai.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 264,765,165 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports, Tls. 51,633,590 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong, Tls. 159,709,620, the net native imports amounting to Hk Tls. 53,421,955.
The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1919 were:---
Cotton Goods &
Skins
Yarn ... Tls. 87,155,792 | Rice
80,988,827 Wool
Silk
...
T'bco., Cigs., &c.... 39,718,275 | Beans
Flour Tea
...
...
10.
...
...Tls. 11,341,544 | Fibres
...10,094,215 | Grasscloth
8,992,381 Medicines 6,122,981 | Tallow 5,642,523 | Fans
...
...
...
...
...
23,927,170 Straw Braid 20,528,567 Hides 20,122,489 | Ground-nut
...
Cotton, Raw
Egg Albn. & Yolk.. 18,418,631 | Paper Seeds & Seed Cake 17,640,166 | Metals Oil
...
...
...
16,904,872 | Bristles...
...
Tls. 4,256,387
...
3,075,810
...
2,959,567
...
...
...
2,831,319 1,416,662
...
5,557,657 | Books, Printed ... 1,341,834
...
...
5,181,153 Beancake
...
1,268,935
...
5,073,572 | Nutgalls
851,804
...
4,500,856 Pottery & E'ware.
564,497
...
•••
4,367,063 | Sundries
...38,479,380
Total Hk. Tls. 449,064,929
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 14,435,142. This total shows an increase of Tls. 4,425,770 as compared with that of 1918.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1919 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total
British Japanese
...
...
3,251 6,929,227
320. 91,999
4,571
Tonnage 7,021,226 Tls.
Duties
367,353
...
...
3,783 5,420,778
10
1,426
3,793
5,422,204
>>
338,642
American Chinese ...
***
...
French Danish Dutch Norwegian Russian.. Swedish... Others
...
766 1,310,565
20
4,026
786 1,314,591
""
130,227
4,754
3,804,865
3,488
146,436
8,242 3,951,301
99
52,819
69
...
296,473
69
296,473
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33,432
75
...
...
111,041
75
111,041
14,176
62
...
146,656
62
146,656
""
10,235
104
...
...
118,749
104
118,749
""
8,749
104
•
...
109,654
104
109,654
""
7,660
8
...
...
24,072
8
24,072
""
3,508
22
45,978
22
45,978
5,663
Totals
13,998 18,318,058 3,838 243,887 17,836 18,561,945,,
972,464
The Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 14,289,736, for the same year consisted of:-
...
Export Duties
...
Coast Trade Duties
Import Duties ... Hk. Tls. 8,196,407
""
3,400,655
""
1,169,271
Tonnage Dues ... Transit Dues
...
Hk. Tls.
...
,,
972,464 550,939
Total... ...Hk. Tls. 14,289,736
The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China."
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