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when the import was valued at yen 33,529,802 ; but in 1904 it reached a value of yen 23,093,177. More than nine-tenths of the import in 1906 came from Netherlands India. Experiments are being made in sugar-cane planting in Formosa and Southern Japan, but these are not likely to affect the import of raw sugar from foreign countries for many years. Since the war with Russia, the amount of capital invested in the sugar refining business in Japan has been more than quadrupled. The companies which were in existence before the war have more than doubled their capital, and new companies, having an aggregate capital equal to that of the old companies, have been formed.
The trade of 1906 was divided between the Treaty Ports as under
Yokohama Kobe Nagasaki Osaka Moji Other Ports. Totals. Exports, Yen 200,847,405 110,605,265 5,513,744 59,910,227 18,577,579 28,166,753 442,621,001 Imports, 149,070,347 192,190,166 13,632,826 24,878,715 21,864,282 17,157,772 418,784,108
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349,917,752 312,795,431 19,146,570 84,788,942 40,441,861 45,324,525 861,405,109 The following was the total value of the trade with Foreign Countries in 1906:--
Exports
Total
Imports
United States of America
Yen 125,964,408
69,948,681
195,913,089
China....
117,779,533
57,396,737
175,176,270
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Continent of Europe
63,663,632
68,926,282
132,582,914
Great Britain
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22,553,409
101,311,362
123,864,771
Corea.......
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25,209,796
8,205,942
33,415,738
Hongkong
27,061,326
684,743
27,746 069
India, Australia and Canada
18,530,549
65,445,405
83,975,954
Asiatic Russia
10,494,077
1,407,230
11,901,307
Dutch India...
1,393,536
23,519,820
24,913,356
British Straits Settlements
4,033,679
2,467,993
6,501,672
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Philippines and Siam
1,610,802
4,334,397
5,945,199
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French Indo China..
149,838
7,505,252
7,655,090
Other Countries....
5,310,307
6,304,665
12,830,561
Unknown
1,215,589
1,215,589
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442,621,001
418,784,108
861,405,109
Clothing and Accessories
9,667,182
The following table shows the total values of goods Exported in 1906:---
Beverages and Comestibles Yen 48,920,784 Porcelain and Earthenware..Yen 5,324,344
Rice and Grains
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Coal
16,280,072 Silk (Raw and Waste)....
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4,400,347 116,257,949
Copper
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25,083,268 Silk- Manufactures
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41,697,342
Cotton and Cotton Goods
19,202,865 Skins, Hair, &c.....
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2,211,816
Cotton Yarns.......
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35,303,526 Straw, Manufactures of
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.3,587,344
Drugs, Medicines, &c.
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8,750,725 Sugar, Refined
10,984.204
Matches
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10,915,905 Tea
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10,767,090
Mats for floors
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5,829,643 Tobacco and Cigarettes
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1,977,816
Metals and Metal Manufrs.
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4,763,024
Umbrellas
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1,792,412
Oil and Wax
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2,537,457 Sundries
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51,730,994
Paper and Paper Manufrs....
4,634,892
Beverages and Comestibles...
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3,665,349
Clothing and Accessories
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Cotton, Raw and Ginned.. Cotton Yarn
Yen 442,621,001
The Import of foreign produ e and manufactures in 1906 were as follows:--- Armis, Munitions, Clocks, &c. Yen 27,040,554 Locomotive Engines.
Carriages, Bicycles, &c.....
Cotton Goods
Yen 1,659,951
14,705,941 Machinery
4,081,015
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Manures
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13,842,173
2,456,262 Metals & Metal Manufactures
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12,530,256
19,740,703 Oils and Wax
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4,994,599
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82,661,859 Oil-cakes
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15,550,133
Drugs, Chemicals & Medicines Dyes, Colours and Paints
Flax, Hemp, &c.
Glass and Glass Manufactures
Grains and Seeds
Horns, Ivory, Skins, Hairs,
Shells, &c......
Indigo
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4,656,342 Paper and Stationery
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8,075,396
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10,169,794 Rice
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26,172,079
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6,154,465 Silk and Silk Manufactures...
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2,909,675
4,012,444 Sugar and Molasses
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23,729,290
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2,865,952 Timber...
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1,325,859
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13,761,691 Tobacco, Cigars, &c.
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1,745,003
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Iron and Steel
Vessels, Steam....
5,854,480 Wines, Liquors and Spirits... 3,446,872 Wool and Woollen Goods
,, 35,672,369 Sundries
1,742,282
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1,428,231
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32,779,097
Kerosine Oil
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12,326,893
16,127,119
418,784,108
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