580
CHINA
The Direction of China's Foreign Trade
[In thousands of Haikwan taels (000 omitted).]
Gross Imports
Exports
1913
1922
1923
1913
Country
Hk. Tls. Hk. Tls.
Hk. Tls.
Hk. Tls.
1922 Hk. Tls.
1923
Hk. Tls.
Hongkong
171,636
239,348
248,083
117,129
169,996
175,796
Macao
6,596
11,502
6,236
4,952
4,685
3,968
Singapore, Straits, etc.
8,935
8,169
9,214
7,553
15,314
17,928
Dutch Indies
6,837 13,844
13,600
2,605
9,129
8,085
British India
48,292
43,140
55,241
6,190
9,817
12,329
Great Britain....
96,911
145,293
120,397
16,346
38,508
43,207
Germany...
28,302
24,744
32,456
17,025
9,805
11,915
Netherlands
1,424
7,628
3,908
8,693
5,728
8,511
Belgium
15,831
11,152
10,879
6,546
....
2,349
2,753
France
5,299
4,556
7,549
40,750
40,756
39,578
Italy...
664
2,319
3,735
8,318
6,050
9,468
Russia and Siberia
22,153
14,276
10,203
44,922
39,244
34,092
Korea
3,527
9,686
11,955
6,813
21,237
30,281
Japan (incldg. Formosa)...
119,347
231,429
211,024
65,544
159,754
198,517
Canada....
1,866
8,401
10,327
652
1,274
2,001
U.S. of America (including
Hawaii)
I
Other Countries
Total
35,427 169,005 154,448 13,243 30,542 39,379 11,617
586,290 975,034 948,634
37,650
97,579
126,804
23,667
27,684
403,305
654,892
752,917
Less Re-exports to Foreign
Countries......
Net Total...
16,128 29,985 25,231
570,162 945,049 923,403 403,305 654,892 752,917
The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, in 1923 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Percentages Tonnage Trade
British.....
-Chinese
Japanese
American
44,055
102,245
""
51,965,230 Tls. 1,525,470,410 32,433,847
39'58
40'43
971,757,488
24'70
25'75
25,063
33,288,617
""
844,542,163
25.35
22.38
....
4,994
5,968,261
173,052,289
4'55
4'59
French......
Russian
German
1,948
1,839,731
"
93,391,961
1:40
2:48
368
255,138
""
45,106,128
0.19
1.20
364
1,369,016
""
33,488,644
1:04
0'89
Dutch
525
1,644,279
"}
28,164,360
1.25
0*75
Norwegian
588
848,138
""
20,907,435
0'65
0.55
Danish.
175
Portuguese..
1,512
Other Countries
675
459,065 581,507 508,973
"
10,529,898
0.35
0'28
""
7,706,072
0'44
0'20
""
19,302,273
0.50
0'50
182,722
131,304,556 ,, 3,773,419,121
100.00
100.00
The Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 63,504,251 and was derived from ;
Import
Duty
Export Duty
Tls. 32,570,272 22,669,975
Coast Trade Tonnage
Duty
Transit
Dues
Dues
2,651,886
2,401,554
3,210,564