CHINA
531
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they can obtain a better selection of commodities at more reasonable prices. The following table shows in Haikwan taels the value for the last three years of the principal groups of articles of import entering China from abroad :-
Cotton goods* Sugar
Imports Direct from Foreign Countries
In thousands of Haikwan taels (000 omitted)
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Raw cotton
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Metals and minerals
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...
Kerosene oil, liquid fuel, and lubricating oil
1927 Hk. Tls.
1928 Hk. Tls.
1929
Hk. Tls.
154,590
190,030
188,574
74,916
98,698
98,761
...
...
79,813
67,981
91,124
50,306
67,556
70,855
...
51,069
72,403 64,779
Flour
...
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...
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22,319
32,802
64,008
Rice
...
...
...
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...
...
107,323
65,039
58,981
Tobacco
...
...
...
37,080
61,937
49,162
Wool and cotton unions and woollen goods +
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27,571
48,201
44,431
Chemicals
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A
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23,483
32,666
34,255
Paper
100
...
25,416
29,049
34,246
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Machinery
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Timber
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Dyes and pigments
* Exclusive of raw cotton.
+ Exclusive of sheep's wool.
SHIPPING: VESSELS ENTERED AND CLEARED, 1926 TO 1929
20,512
28,519
33,192
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18,078
19,472
29,887
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13,560
18,018
27,819
FLAG
1926
1927
1928
1929
American
No.
5,338
Tons
6,496,351
No.
Tons 4,844 5,577,115
No.
6,377
Tons 6,364,102
No.
Tons
6,933
6,653,495
Belgian
2
Brazilian
31
British
36,474
6,142 31,713 47,645,090
18
65,304
33,791 40,258,049
48,523
56,036,567
50,815
57,926,507
Chilian
Danish
283
707,211
213
529,937
240
653,432
301
837,513
Dutch
556
1,891,772
690
2,273,536
761
2,617,009
886
3,236,819
Finnish
90
42,980
219
178,916
French
2,262
German
2,321,632 813 2,995,127
1,504
1,894,614
1,371
1,967,216
1,310
2,135,878
955 3,260,717
1,439
3,703,228
1,350
4,334,903
Greek
2
Italian
1,045
731,499
Japanese
29,654 38,948,844
1,327 27,105
6,874
992,695 35,745,535
231 29,839
569,441 39,065,721
238
971,809
31,705
42,349,647
Mexican
2
Norwegian
2,407
3,301,874 1,959
2,366 2,932,578
2,166
3,786,532
2,487
4,618,901
Polish
Portuguese..
1,444
Russian
376
447,094 454,504
1,915
་་
193
589,537 216,683
3,358
61
925,233 22,139
4,150
1,180,097
Spanish
Swedish
138
Non-Treaty Powers
18,884 252,258 15,980
2
Chinese Shipping
39,611
Junks
38,549
Total
296,964 4,068 26,451,690 35,937 18,218,215
1,941,941
3,418,176
158,996 134,659,606 154,275 116,210,785
236 3
191
120 321,815
93
286,911
2
43,601
51,259 40,941
2,242 33,044,523
3,477,698
45,573 40,404
26,395,051 3,459,285
186,851 152,630,001 186,514 154,667,910
CONCLUSION
Mr. Hilliard thus concludes his review of Chinse trade during 1929. "In conclud- ing this report, it would be a pleasant task to strike a note of unrestricted optimism and from the ever-expanding value of trade to draw the conclusion that, even under the most adverse conditions, the natural tenacity and perseverance of the Chinese people and their marked capacity to trade under the most trying circumstances will always enable China to rise triumphant over any situation and that her future in the world's markets as a great purchaser and a great producer is assured. Such a state- ment would probably be only too true, but in the interests of those who have China's welfare at heart and who sympathise with the enormous population who have been so sorely tried during the past few years and of whom a tangible percentage is moment- arily on the verge of starvation, while there may be no occasion for unqualified Į pessimism, a warning as to the future may be of more value than a plethora of
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