Inclosure.
Statistics of the Trade of China for the Year 1904.
RETURN showing the Importation of Cotton Goods into China during the Year 1904 compared with that of 1903, and the Average Annual Importation of the Quinquennial Period 1899-1903.
Average, 1899-1903.
1903.
1904.
Increase or Decrease in 1904 compared with--
Articles.]
Quantity.
Percentage of Country of Origin,
Quantity.
Percentage of Country of Origin,
Quantity.
Percentage of Country of Origin.
1903 (Quantity).
Five Years' Average.
(A.)-Plain Cottons.
Pieces.
Pieces.
Pieces.
Pieces.
Per cent.
Shirtings, grey, plain-
American
219,504
5.80
231,888
6.13
British
Dutch
4,887,184
99.74
8,876,337
96.55
3,538,035
93.45
13,163
30
2,000
*05
Indian
4,530
∙15
7,405
•20
Japanese
12,494
.20
28,974
+70
6,401
•17
1+1 1+
12,384
338,302
21.86
11,163
2,875
22,578
48 76
Total
--
4,849,678
4,142,508
8,785,729
856,779
21.93
Sheetings, grey, plain—
American
3,343,831
British
563,254
83-00 14.00
2,884,882
81.22
2,003,791
71.03
880,591
40-07
407,246
11.47
547,457
19:41
+
140,211
2.80
Dutch
8,092
7,972
+22
4,000
11
8,972
+
29.86
Indian
30,401
-75
6,378
18
51,318
1.82
+
44,945
+
68.47
Japanese
86,484
2.25
245,454
6.91
214,502
7.60
30,952
+
148.02
Total ..
4,027,122
8,551,427
2,821,008
730,859
29.94
Shirtings, white-
Plain
2,566,319
2,381,818
2,767,071
和
Figured, brocaded, striped, and
386,153
+
7.85
spotted
29,030
24,678
7,094
17,584
75-58
Total
2,595,369
2,406,496
2,775,065
+
868,569
super
6.92
N
Drills---
American
British Dutch Indian Japanese
Joans-
Total
American British
:::::
1,475,554 90,700
89.80
1,555,045
85-48
5.53
67,201
3.72
1,809,718 129,949
78.21
7.76
41,657
2.58
69,977
3.87
9,610
*57
11,154
⚫67
27,550
1 52
65,529
3.91
21,212
1.47
99,824
5 41
159,999
9.55
1,643,277
1,819,103
1,674,805
++1+1
245,327
11.23
62,748
+
43.27
60,367
78-93
97,973
487 49
60,675
+
560.82
144,298
+ 1.91
141,774
44.88
163,210
48.50
158,151
29.87
146,929
46.51
189.722
41.50
360,682
68.12
5,059 222,960
和 11.55
483
+ 145.48
Dutch
27,189
8-61
34,022
10:00
10,638
2·01
23,884
60.87
Total
315,892
336,954
529,471
+
192,517
+
67-61
T-cloths-
32-inch British 36-inch
703.900
534,101
72·10
72.58
169,799
1,007,406
76.29
265,881
230,825
34,556
23.63
32-inch Dutch
Indian
*
51,640
3.91
36-inch
32-inch Japanese 36-inch
261,478
19.80
4,373 15,287 60 356,416 555
-30
3,401
-32
972
57,851
1.10
5.62
1858
26.50
225,534 876
21.48
42.564 1,298 130,882 321
3
enfu
14.65
13.40
17
Total ..
1,820,519
1,345,972
1,053,946
202,026
20·18
Grand total
14,751,857
13,602,460
12,640,084
962,376
16.70
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