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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).