CHINA
545.
of Shanghai and Canton. The annual value of the trade of China coming under the supervision of the Imperial Maritime Customs was as follows:-
(1923. 11924.
Net Imports from Foreign Countries. .Hk. Tls. 923,402,887 1,018,210,677
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Net Exports to Foreign Countries. Hk. Tls. 752,917,416 771,784,468
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The Direction of China's Foreign Trade
Total of Foreign trade.
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Hk. Tls. 1,676,320,303- 1,789,995,145 ·
The following was the net value of commodities imported direct from and exported direct to foreign countries in 1924. These figures do not include the trade carried on with neighbouring countries in Chinese junks, which does not come within the control of the Foreign Customs, but include Hk. Tls. 20,891,479 re-exports to foreign countries:--
Imports
Exports
Totals
Japan (including Formosa)
Hongkong
United States of America
Great Britain....
France
Germany
Russia, Pacific Ports...
British India
Korea
Netherlands
Dutch Indies
.Hk. Tls. 234,761,863
201,175,926
435,937,789
243,919,357
173,162,926
>>
417,082,283
190,956,912 100,754,411
""
291,711,353
126,011,025
50,250,851
""
176,261,876
10,560,018
45,096,158
"1
55,656,176
38,687,635
15,949,007
54,636,642
""
""
6,185,281
46,018,577
52,203,858
38,827,688
11,436,232
50,263,920
11,505,586
30,855,244
42,360,830
•
,,
20,459,876
13,500,888
33,960,764
ท
20,732,947
9,316,901
30,049,848
Straits Settlements
9,321,664
19,617,212
28,933,876
Belgium
13,278,315
3,420,202
21,698,517
....
Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc............................
779,950
18,556,451
""
19,336,401
Canada
15,575,722
1,107,180
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16,682,902
Italy
6,272,861
8,948,169
"
15,221,030
French Indo-China
10,183,971
"
3,674,585
13,858,556
Macao
"
7,704,923
5,087,214
12,792,137
Philippines
Siam
Australia and New Zealand
Russia and Siberia by Land Frontier
Switzerland .........................
7,513,141 1,02,387
8,542,529
3,318,302
4,283,814
*
7,602,116
2,377,918
3,272,983
""
5,650,901
3,784,791
326,225
...
""
4,111,016
3,543,838
60,225
"
3,604,063
Sweden...
2,956,216
496,032
""
3,452,248
Spain
""
32,169
2,755,977
2,788,146
Norway.
""
1,875,027
46,903
1,921,930
South America
"
1,220,690
256,609
1,477,299
Denmark ...
408,570
"
1,038,565
1,447,135
Mexico and Central America
688,388
17,851
""
706,239
Austria Hungary
19
361,845
87,525
452,370
South Africa
33,809
....
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122,942
156,751
Finland
111,598
111,598
>>
Russia, European Ports.
88,310
,,
7,823
96,133
Danzig
Russia, Amur Ports
Poland
Portugal
47,216
""
47,216.
40,156
""
6,257
46,413
11,746
11,746
7,018
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7,018
Hk. Tls. 1,018,210 677 771,784,468 1,789,995,145
The net foreign imports into China during 1924 were valued at Hk. Tls. 1,018,210,677, as compared with Hk. Tls. 923,402,887 in 1923. At the average rate of exchange for the year 38. 7.-the 1924 value is equivalent to £186,406.798.
The average rate
for 1923 was 3s. 5 d., and the total value of the net import trade for that year worked