CHINA
The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were:-
Silk Raw, Ref. & Coc'ns. Hk.Tls. 148,457,492 Paper
567
Hk. Tls. 3,977,649
Beancake...
49,008,955 Grasscloth
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3,812,027
Beans
44,906,304 Flour
3,811,290
Silk Piece Goods
دو
دو
Oil, Vegetable.....
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24,454,898
24,879,081 Fire-crackers & F'works
Chinaware
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3,679,599
...
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3,000,730
Cotton, Raw and Waste
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23,752,171
Vermicilli and Macaroni
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2,821,000
Minerals and Metals
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Tea
Wool...
21
19,980,730 Meats, Fresh and Pres'vd. 16,906,075 Fishand Fishery Products
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2,630,453
2,170,163
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15,634,634 Seedcake...
2,088,550
Coal
Skins, Hides, Undressed Wheat and other Cereals 'Timber and Wood......
14,900,263 Clothing, Shoes, etc.....
1,828,272
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13,639,640 Skins, Dressed
1,499,988
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13,522,259 Salt
1,493,728
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13,062,549 Vegetables
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1,390,070
Eggs, Albumen and Yolk Eggs, Fresh and Pres'vd. Ground Nuts Bristles....
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12,993,541 Fruit, Fresh and Dried...
1,339,951
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12,956,271
Firewood
1,337,413
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6,792,759 Nutgalls
1,231,167
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6,303,783 Tallow
977,893
Mats and Matting.
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5,678,045 Peas
963,565
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Tobacco
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5,653,184 Lard
923,037
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Animals, Living.
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5,535,559 Leather
753,336
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Straw braid
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5,281,240 Pottery and E'thenware
648,045
Nankeens & Cotton Gds.
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5,168,102 Garlic
Fibres, Ramie, Hemp, &c. Medicines
4,918,968 Sundries 4,161,114
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487,361 113,424,329
Total
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654,891,933
The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, in 1922 was divided amongst the different flags as under:
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Percentages Tonnage Trade.
British..
Chinese
Japanese
American
40,075
47,698,139 Tls. 1,324,925,582
38.43
28.16
111,119
32,857,745
907,066,074
26.47
26'13
25,281
32,961,333
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849,948,191
26.55
24.48
4,670
4,846,437
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152,134,960
3:90
4:38
French..
1,707
1,626,586
89,684,741
1:31
2:58
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Dutch
502
1,487,121
30,023,439
1.20
0'87
Russian
1,148
259,829
56,327,566
0'21
1.62
Norwegian
699
959,463
99
29,640,779
0.77
0'85
Other Countries
1,227
1,434,708
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32,038,677
1.16
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186,428 124,131,361
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3,471,790,009 100.00 100,00
The Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 58,634,250 (exclusive of Famine Relief Surtax) and was derived from :-
Import Duty.
Tls. 29,988,158
Export Coast T'de, T'nage.
Duty.
Duty.
Dues. 2,332,865
20,817,842 2,398,371
Transit
Fainine
Dues.
Relief
3,097,014
724,944
Mr. J. W. H. Ferguson, Statistical Secretary of the Chinese Customs, in his annual report on the Trade of China says, inter alia:-
In China, unfortunately, the year 1922 was a bad one both from a commercial and general economic standpoint. In their attempt to liquidate finally the after- war position, merchants made valiant efforts to overcome the difficulties confronting them, and although many have had to give up the struggle and abandon the field, those who have weathered the slump emerged with renewed energy. Even if the year 1922, therefore, was not a good year from the standpoint of profits, the underly- ing conditions are promising. The "frozen credit" positions referred to in ast year's report have to a great extent been liquidated and the financial situation at the end of the year was believed to be sounder than it had been for some time. In fact, it was to a large extent the ready assistance and accommodation extended by the banks which prevented matters becoming worse than they were.
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