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OILS AND FATS.

Imports totalled $40.0 millions as compared with $34.0 millions, and exports $88.1 millions as compared with $25.7 millions.

Imports of Land totalled 56,000) piculs ($1.6 millions) as compared with 47,000 piculs ($982,000), and exports 70,688 piculs ($2.3 millions) as compared with 71,222 piculs ($1.6 millions). United Kingdom totalled 62,000 piculs as against 63,000 pieuls.

Exports to the

Imports of Petrol increased from 9,488,000 gallons ($3.7 millions) to 10,094,000 gallons ($4.3 millions), and exports decreased from 8,241,000 gallons ($4.1 millions) to 7,970,000 gallons ($5.2 millions). Imports from the Netherlands Eust Indies increased whilst those from the U.S.A. decreased,

Imports of Fuel Oil decreased from 182,000 tons ($7.1 millions) to 147,000 tons ($7.0 millions), and exports from 92,000 tons ($4.1 millions) to 71,000 tons (33.8 millions).

Imports of Kerosene increased from 21.8 million gallons ($7.8 millions) to 26.1 million gallons ($8.0 millions), and exports from 4.4 million gallons ($1.6 millions) to 10.7 million gallons ($5.1 millions). Imports from the Netherlands East Indies increased from 6.3 million gullons to 18.0 million gallons, whilst imports from U.8.A. decreused from 15.5 million gallous to 8.1 million gallons.

Imports of Lubricating Oil increased from 1.9 million gallons ($1.3 millions) to 2.0 million gallons ($1.4 millions), whilst exports decreased from 1.8 million gallons ($1.1 millions) to 1.7 million gallons ($1.5 millions).

PAINTS.

Imports totalled $1.8 millions as compared with $1.5 millions, and exports $1.4 millions as compared with $1.2 millions.

PAPER AND PAPERWARE,

Imports totaled $13.4 millions as compared with $8.9 millions, and exports $7.9 millious as compared with $5.6 millions.

Imports of Chinese Paper increased from 77,000 pieuls ($1.3 millions) to 93,000 piculs ($1.4 millions), Old Newspapers from 288,000 pieuls ($661,000) to 282.000 piculs ($1.1 millions).

PIECE GOODS AND TEXTILES.

Imports totalled $67.7 millions as compared with $52.7 millions, and exports $40.1 millions as compared with $34.1 millions.

The following table shows the quantities and values of the chief groups of Piece Goods and Textiles imported during the past four years:-

Unblenched Cottons

Pieces

$

1933 984.220 6,728.795

1934

1935

1936

969,352 5,820,834

1,161,112

1,109,254

6,058,080

7,375,197

Bleached Cottons

Pieces

360.442

304,245

297,889

9,458,222

2,277,026

1,815,000

289,271 2,319,500

Light Cotton Fancies

Yards

10,897,108

1.703,498

4,045,527

8,381,466

2,908,373

435,848

726,508

726,148

Other Cottona

Yards

42.732,790

44,038,050

56,394,520

79,584,134

9,812,570

7,738.072

7,908,708

12,085,380

Prints

Yarde

4,740,230

4,861,743

5.064,150

6,984,880

$

020,565

610,053

565,329

969,700

Woollens

Yards

2,616,921

1,954,951

3,248,601

8,312,229

5,041,485

3,607,751

8,863,465

5,081,482

Cotton Thread

Grosses of 50 yds.

910.272

1,880.800

726.205 1,885,974

738.437 1,056,071

341,870

607,494

Cotton Torn

Пь.

47,473.694

23,149,678

It will be seen from the fellowing table that the Japanese share of the import increased from 9.3% in 1938 to 42.6% in 1986, whilst the share of the United Kingdom 28.0% in 1993 to 12.5% in 1936.

33,070,703 18,460,841

trade steadily declined from

49,221,510 22.553.548

41.400,989 16,543.170

Imports (în $ ́s million)

United Kingdom

Japan

North China

Germany

Italy

France

1933 17.9 (23.9%) 7.0 (9.8%) 35.5 (47.8%)

2.0 (2.6%)

1934. 10.8 (15.5%) 11.5 (17.8%) 39.7 (50.0%) 0.9 (1.4%)

1935 7.2 (13.6%) 15.9 (30.3%) 24.2 (46.0%) 0.6 (1.2%)

1936 8.5 (12.5%) 28.9 (42.6%)

23.8 (85.2%)

0.6 (1.0%)

1.5 (2.0%)

1.5 (2.8%)

0.9 (1.7%)

0.2 (0.8%)

0.8 (0.4%)

0.2 (0.8%)

All Other Countries

10.9 (14.5%)

8.5 (12.6%)

0.8 (0.5%) 8.0 (6.7%)

0.2 (0.8%)

5.5 (8.1%)

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