A8
CHINA
NET EXPORTS ABROAD, 1937-39
1937. St. s
1938.
St. S
1939. St. $
Animals and Animal Products (not includ- ing Hides, Leather and Skins (Furs) and Fishery and Sea Products)
Textile Fibres
Óres, Metals and Metallic Products.....
Yarn, Thread & Plaited & Knitted Goods 48,696,392
Piece Goods
124,493,976 117,902,697
188,436,802
128,227,214 165,127,434
173,386,462
... 102,452,605
106,570,542
109,124,925
63,163,591
92,082,077
22,425,626 24,449,934
57,245,003
Oils, Tallow and Wax
127,039,902
53,053,177
53,521,818
Fuel
15,646,832 16,641,657
31,757,476
Other Textile Products
12,925,289 14,976,077
31,394,002
Tea
30,787,274 33,054,085
30,385,831
Cereals and Cereal Products
15,169,798 4,850,955
25,084,337
Hides, Leather and Skins (Furs)
53,785,336
19,426,085
23,924,460
Seeds
35,880,964
19,498,860
21,388,472
Medicinal Substances and Spices (not in-
cluding Chemicals)
11,848,696
11,443,346
20,167,646
Chemicals and Chemical Products..
7,621,066
7,979,175
16,822,933
Fruits, Fresh, Dried and Preserved
11,059,335
10,350,922
12,772,082
Vegetables
10,873,869
10,084,176
11,507,509
Stone, Earth, Sand and Manufactures
thereof (including
Chinaware and
Enamelledware)
4,709,951
5,702,404
10,995,773
Tobacco
9,304,975 9,645,023
9,808,629
Paper
7,000,161
7,758,433
9,256,860-
Other Vegetable Products
8,413,506 6,517,354
9,104,633
Beans and Peas
6,465,184
3,136,569
7,901,905
Timber, Wood and Manufactures thereof...
3,535,971 2,957,948
4,877,169
Glass and Glassware
432,218
1,014,158
4,676,948
Fishery and Sea Products
2,744,373
2,763,043
3,379,992
Printed Matter
2,560,512
3,262,074
3,354,875
Dyestuffs, Vegetable
1,815,087
950,690
2,608,877
Spirituous Beverages Bamboo
1,536,229
1,196,184
1,846,489
2,980,323
1,942,494
1,695,889
Sugar
6,770
Rattan
159,078
Sundry List
27,657,193
99,616 104,722 37,017,633
422,246
86,129
58,228,259
Total
.St. $ 838,255,705 762,641,058 1,027,246,508
Under exports, the group animals and animal products (not including hides, leather and skins (furs) and fishery products) displaced textile fibres in the first place, being valued at $188 million or an increase of $70 million over the figure for 1938. Animals, living: pigs increased in value by $6 million and poultry by $2.7 million. Bristles, principally to the United States of America, increased by $13 million; egg albumen, dried, by $5.8 million; egg yolk, dried, by $6.8 million; whole egg (mélange), moist and frozen, mostly to Great Bri- tain, by $15 million; fresh eggs by $4 million; and pig intestines by $6 million. The export of feathers was well maintained, with an improvement also in the export of human hair and in animal products, not otherwise recorded. Textile fibres came second on the list, being valued at $173 million or an increase of $8 million. Under raw cotton, the decline in value was $92 million, there being a decrease in the value of exports to Japan of $67 million. The decline under this heading was largely compensated for by an increase in the value of raw silk (white, steam filature) exported of $77 million, the export to the United States of America under this heading being valued at $75 million. Exports of raw white silk (re-reeled) also improved in value by $13 million and raw white silk (not re-reeled and not steam filature) by $2.4 million. The export of ramie: