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JAPAN
The export of Raw Silk (not including waste) increased from 2,110,315 catties in 1890 to 6,919,861 in 1897, but fell to 4,837,329 catties in 1898 and rose again to 5,946,911 in 1899. The export of Tea has shown a slow but steady decline during lato years; it amounted to 33,241,472 catties in 1896, 32,632,683 in 1897, and 30,826,632 in 1898, but rose again to 34,731,644 in 1899. The export of Coal and Coal Dust in 1899 was 2,013,695 tons and 473,919 tons for ships' use, against 1,805,364 tons and 381,426 tons for ships' use, in 1898. The export of Matches was 19,538,146 gross in 1897, 22,078,362 in 1898 and 19,628,134 in 1899.
Of Imports, Raw Cotton increased from 1,551,527 piculs in 1895, to 1,765,550 in 1896, 2,298,643 in 1897, 2,553,586 in 1898, 3,472,296 piculs in 1899; showing the rapid progress the country is making in supplying herself with the manufactured goods she requires. 16,090,855 catties of Cotton Yarn were imported in 1897, 15,929,991 in 1898, and 8,210,647 in 1899. There was a continuous increase in the importation of Cotton Piece Goods, from a value of yen 4,789,240 in 1892 to yen 11,843,001_in 1896, but a fall to yen 9,920,046 in 1897, and although the imports in 1898 increased to yen 11,332,627, the amount is under that of 1896, an inevitable result of the establish- ment of so many mills in the country and in its near neighbour China. Woollen Goods were imported to the value of yen 7,982,882 in 1894, yen 12,780,326 in 1895, and yen 18,268,460 in 1896, but 1897 showed a marked reverse, the value in that year being yen 12,009,902, while 1898 showed only a slight improvement, namely, to yen 13,069,870 and in 1890 to 13,990,186. Metals have shown a steady increase from yen 6,792,024 in 1893 to yen 17,553,543 in 1896, yen 20,306,841 in 1897, and yen 23,646,159 in 1898, but fell to 19,698,346 in 1899. The importation of Kerosine Oil rose from 32,689,275 gallons in 1892 to 54,692,886 in 1896, 61,058,217 in 1897, and to 67,905,455 in 1898, but in 1899 it dropped to 52,421,837 gallons. Sugar imported showed a steady increase from 1,675,315 piculs in 1891 to 2,333,528 in 1896, 3,314,512 in 1897, and to 4,473,153 piculs in 1898. In 1899 the total quantity imported fell again to 2,731,817 piculs.
The trade of 1899 was divided between the Treaty Ports as under:
Yokohama Kobe Nagasaki Osaka Hakodate Other Ports Totals Exports, Yen 103,278,729 75,320,884 6,207,771 6,244,298 2,116,051 16,762,160 214,929,893 Imports, 76,453,005 120,289,524 11,147,510 6,405,091 1,726,462 4,380,332 220,401,924
Totals,
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184,731,734 195,610,408 17,355,281 12,649,389 3,842,513 21,142,492 435,331,817 The following was the total value of the trade with Foreign Countries in 1899:-
United States of America
Exports
Imports
...Yen 63,919,270
38,215,894
Total
102,135,164
Great Britain....
11,270,770
44,836,994
56,107,764
Continent of Europe and Russian Asia...
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41,423,177
37,743,348
79,166,525
China
40,257,034
28,687,730
68,944,764
India, Australia and Canada
10,590,070
45,774,575
56,364,645
Hongkong
34,291,308
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7,338,455
41,629,763
Corea
6,995,931
4,976,168
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11,972,099
Philippines and Siam
313,386
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3,140,903
3,454,289
Other Countries
2,434,388
9,687,859
12,122,247
Coal, &c., for Ships' use
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3,434,560
3,434,560
Yen 214,929,894
220,401,926 435,331,820
Clothing and Accessories
Coal
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The following table shows the total values of goods Exported in 1899:-
Beverages and Comestibles..Yen 7,741,684 Porcelain and Earthenware..Yen 2,181,335
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1,459,211 Rice and Grains 15,164,866 Silk
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10,612,126 ,, 66,701,807
Copper
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11,482,739 Silk Manufactures
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21,586,002
Cotton and Cotton Goods
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Cotton Yarns........
5,753,686 Skins, Hair, &c.... 28,521,438 Straw-plaits
1,031,190
2,770,178
Drugs, Medicines, &c.
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3,963,778 Tea
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8,498,783
Matches
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5,890,666 Tobacco
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343,357
Mats for floor.
Metals and Metal Manufrs.
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3,717,489 Re-exports
1,977,758
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1,551,000 Sundries
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11,311,785
Oil and Wax
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1,311,390
Paper and Paper Manufrs....
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1,357,626
Yen 214,929,894
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