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The following were the values of imports from foreign countries in 1909 :- Cotton Goods

.Hk. Tls. 141,326,100 Miscellaneous Piece Gds. Hk. Tls. 2,772,053

Opium

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36,027,082 Medicines

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2,700,076

Sugar

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27,227,319 Clothing and Shoes

2,695,234

Kerosene Oil

23,376,300 Household Stores

2,537,585

Metals

17,788,300 Bêche de Mer & Seaweed

11

2,205,162

Rice and Rice Bran

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17,493,637 Cotton, Raw

Railway Plant Coal and Coke

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2,152,524

13,219,893 Woollen&C'ton Mixtures

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2,037,983

11

8,815,563 Soap and Perfumery..

Fish & Fishery Products Cigarettes and Cigars... Machinery and Fittings Matches

1)

1,915,916

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8,774,771 Dyes, Aniline.....

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1,803,217

11

6,085,268 Ginseng

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1,735,760

19

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5,800,170 Hosiery & Haberdashery 5,680,676 Cement

1,695,158

Timber and Woods

Paper and Stationery

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1,643,591

5,249,198 Glass and Glassware

1,489,118

Leather and manufrs. of

4,816,937 Electrical Materials..... 4 359,721 Paints and Colours

1,387,024

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Bags, all kinds

19

1,315,602

11

4,216,832 Hardware

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1,274,759

Indigo

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4,159,902 Tobacco

1,264,318

Ten

27

3,841,649 Candles

1,201,269

Woollen Goods

19

3,531,45 Sundries

Wines, Beer, Spirits...

48,187,795

55

3,371,332

Flour

2,866,362

Total... .430,048,606

The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were: Silk, Raw, Ref. &Cocoons Hk. Tls. 71,154,361 Fruit, fresh and dried ... Hk. Tis. 2,312,290 Beans and Beancake......

Tea

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Silk Piece Goods

52,219,925 Tallow, Animal & Veg. 33,567,057 Fibres, Ramic, Hemp, &c. 18,866,907 Nankeens

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2,259,206

2,176,834

Cotton, Raw

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1,793,386

Skins, Hides, Undressed

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14,612,799 China, E'th'ware, Pottery 12,901,764 Grasscloth

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1,752,648

1,669,315

15

Sesamum Seed

11,673,759 Timber and Wood....

1,515,023

Provisions & Vegetables.

8,425,564 Cassia Lignea...

1,491,070

Strawbraid.

8,165,651 Fish & Fishery Products

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1,457,072

Wool..

7,826,548 Seeds, Sesamum..

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1,460,418

Minerals, mostly Tin

7,155,331 Vermicilli & Macaroni...

11

1,454,056

Oil, Vegetable...

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6,102,089 Bamboo & Bambooware

Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats

19

1,139,912

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4,338,652 Feathers

1,325,926

Mats and Matting..

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4,262,438 Ground Nuts

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1,242,508

Fire-crackers & Fireworks

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4,160,079 Hair, All Kinds

1,233,200

Eggs, Albumen & Yolk...

11

3,727,799 Clothing, Boots & Shoes

i 125,428

Bristles and Horns

3,693,309 Nutgalls

Paper

11

3,407,409 Coal

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1,106,535

Tobacco and Cigarettes

3,085,808 Lard

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1,091,144

Flour, Wheat,.

1)

1,019,962

3,051,935 Sundries

Medicines

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22,494,996

Skins, Dressed Clothing

2,794,665 2,677,973

Total......... 338,992,814

Goods to the value of Tls. 65,739,134 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 27,169,286 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.

The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, was divided amongst the different flags as under:

British.

Japanese. Chinese German

French..

American

Norwegian

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Dutch

Russian

Austrian

Other Countries

Entries and

Clearances

Tonnage

Values

Percentages

Tonnage Trade.

27,699

34,026,704 Tls. 767,387,500

39.21

42.09

30,808

18,949,401

265,687,960

21' 4

14.57

135,053

17,860,810

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460,389,396

20'58

25'25

5,354

7,243,742

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152,797,294

8.35

8:38

5,141

4,919,889

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72,275,641

5.67

3.96

815

806,523

11

9,809,326

*93

*5-4

1,420

1,351,802

25,166,587

1*56

1*38

200

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1,267

48 211

316,003 837,262 188,592 271,078

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6,169,435

*36

*34

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52,904,197

*97

2.90

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6,652,870

*22

*36

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4,145,134

31

*23

208,510

86,771,809

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