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

Unbleached Cottons

Pieces

1934 069,352

1935

1936

1937

1938

1,161,112

1,109,254

5.829.834

6,058,089

7,375,197

788,547 6,615,878

833,220 7,480,648

Bleached Cottons

Pieces

304,245

207,389

280,271

273,880

251,078

2,277,926

1,815,900

2,319,500

8.174,032

2,781.004

Light Cotton Fancies

Yards

1,705,498

4,045,527

3,381,466

4,194.833

3,183,783

435,948

726,508

726,148

1,112,997

1,092.808

Other Cottons

Yards $

44,038,650

56,394,520

79,584,134

57,463,154

49,174,764

7,788.672

7,908,708

12,085,380

12,548,649

11,705,564

Prints

Yards

4,361,743

5,064,150

6,984.880

3,264.081

955,971

616,053

565,329

069,700

619,008

327,823

Woollens

Yards

1,954,951

3,248,601

3.312.220

1,651,844

1,759,224

3,607,751

3,963,465

5.681,482

3,727,279

4,732,590

Cotton Thread

Grosses of 50 yds.

726,205

738,437

341,870

329.987

577,527

1,335,974

1,056,071

607,494

698,440

1,090,172

Cotton Yarn

Ibs.

49,221,510

41,400,989

33,079,703

36,080,580

48,035,978

22,553,548

16,543,170

18.460,841

24,598.913

31.006,160

Imports (in S's million)

1934

1935

1936

1937

United Kingdom

10.3 (15.5%)

7.2 (13.6%) 8.5 (12.5%)

9.7 (12.7%)

1938

12.2 (15.8%)

Гарац

11.5 (17.8%)

15.0 (30.3%)

28.9 (42.6%)

27.9 (36.3%)

9.4 (11.8%)

North Chino

33.7 (50.6%)

24.2 (46.0%)

29.8 (35.2%)

25.3 (32.9%)

37.1 (6.5%)

Germany

0.9 (1.4%)

0.6 (1.2%)

0.6 (1.0%)

0.6 (0.8%)

1.3 (1.6%)

Italy

1.5 (2.3%)

0.9 (1.7%)

0.2 (0.8%)

1.1 (1.4%)

1.1 ( 1.4%)

France

0.2 (0.3%)

0.3 (0.5%)

0.2 (0.3%)

0.3 (0.4%)

0.6 (0.7%)

All Other Countries

8.5 (12.6%)

3.6 ( 6.7%)

5.5 (8.1%)

11.9 (15.5%)

18.1 (22.7%)

RAILWAY MATERIALS

Imports totalled $330,000 as compared with $1.1 millions, and exports $809,000 as compared with $873,000.

TOBACCO.,

Imports totalled $8.1 millions as compared with $8.2 millions, and exports $8.7 millions as compared with $7.4 millions.

Imports of Cigarettes increased from 1,066,000 lbs. ($2.3 millions) to 1,129,000 lbs. ($3.1 millions). Imports from the United Kingdom increased from 461,000 lbs. ($1.4 millions) to 547,000 lbs. ($2.0 millions).

Imports of Foreign Prepared Tobacco decreased in volume from 69,000 lbs. to 52,000 lbs., but in creased in value from $157,000 to $168,000,

Imports of Raw: Tobacco decreased from 14.2 million lbs. ($5.2 millions) to 11.8 million lbs. ($4.2 millions).