(S6)
The following table shows the quantities and values of the chief groups of Piece Goods imported during the past four years :-
Unbleached Cottons
Pieces
—
1934
1935
1976
969,352
5,820,834
1,181,112 6,058,089
1,100,254
1937
788,547
7,875,197
6,645,378
Bleached Cottons
Pieces
304,245
207.689
289,271
273,380.
$
2,277,926
1,815,090
2,319,500
8,174,032
Light Cotton Fancies
Yards
1,705,493
4,615,527
3,381,466
4,194,933
435,918
726,508
726,148
1,112,997
Other Cottons
Yards
44,038,650
56,394,520
79,584,134
57,463,154
7,738,672
7,909,708
12,085,380
12,518,649
Prints
Yards
$
Woollens
Yards
4,361,743
5,064,150
6,981,880
3,264,081
616,053
565,329
069,700
619,008
1,954,051
3,248,601
3,912,229
1,651,844
3,607,751
3,863,465
5,681,482
3,727,279
Cotton Thread
Grosses of 50 yds.
726,205
738,437
341,870
328,987
1,335,974
1,050,071
607,494
698,440
Cotton Yarn
lbs.
49,221,510
41,400,989
33,079,703
36,080,586
22,553,548
16,543,170
18,460,841
24,598,913
Importe (in 3's million)
1934
1935
1936
1937
United Kingdom
10.3 (15.5%)
7.2 (13.6%) 8.5 (12.5%)
9.7 (12.7%)
Japan
11.5 (17.3%)
15.9 (30.3%)
28.9 (42.6%)
27.9 (36.3%)
North China
33.7 (50.6%)
24.2 (46.0%)
23.8 (35.2%)
25.3 (32.9%)
Germany
0.9 (1.4%)
0.6 (1.2%)
0.6 (1.0%)
0.6 (0.8%)
Italy
1.5 (2.3%)
0.9 (1.7%)
0.2 (0.3%)
1.1 (1.4%)
France
0.2 (0.3%)
0.3 (0.5%)
0.2 (0.3%)
0.3 (0.4%)
All Other Countries
8.5 (12.6%)
3.6 ( 6.7%)
5.5 (9.1%)
11.9 (15.5%)
RAILWAY MATERIALS
Imports totalled $1.1 millions as compared with $84,000, and exports $873,000 as compared with $1.2 millions.
TOBACCO
Imports totalled $8.2 millions as compared with $5.9 millions, and exports $7.4 millions as compared with $4.3 millions.
Imports of Cigarettes decreased from 1.9 million lbs. ($2.8 millions) to 1.1 million lbs. ($2.3 millions). Imports from North China decreased from 1.4 million lbs. to 477,000 lbs.
Imports of Foreign Prepared Tobacco increased from 30,000 lbs. ($90,0001 to 69,000 lbs. ($157,000). Imports of Raw Tobacco increased from 6.6 million lbs. ($2.3 millions) to 14.2 million lbs. ($5.2 millions).