PRE AND POST-WAR CHINA SELECTED INDICATORS
Power (000 million kwh)
1935
0.5
1974
Coal Production (million tons)
21
Iron Ore Production (million tons)
0:3
ཚུ ། ཚ། ཚུ
(a)
108
(c)
(a)
380
(c)
(a)
99.9 (c)
Crude Oil (million tons)
65
(c)
Grain Production (million tons)
Relative UK Trading Position :
share of Chinese imports
150
(a)
255 (c)
3|3
US (1%)
Japan (24.3%)
Japan (15.2%)
UK
(10.7%)
(b)
UK
US (7.9%) (a)
(2.4%)
Share of World Trade
0.9%
(a)
Estimated 1-2% (a)
Population (millions)
400
(a)
900
(c)
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Sources (a) The China Economic Annual 1941; (b) Board of Trade; (c) OEIC 75 (29);
(a) China: A Reassessment of the Economy a Compendium of Papers submitted to
the Joint Economic Committee - US Congress
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