CHINA
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The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were :— Silk, Raw, Ref. & Cocoons Hk. Tls. 74,509,684 Medicines
Hk. Tls. 3,155,424
Beans and Beancake......
Tea
Silk Piece Goods
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48,189,524 Meats, Fresh and Pres'vd 38,335,379 Nankeens
2,843,246
2,683,042
Cotton, Raw
Oil, Vegetable........
Skins, Hides, Undressed
Sesamum Seed
Straw braid...
Minerals, mostly Tin Wool..
Wheat and other Cereals Mats and Matting... Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats Bristles and Horns Ground Nuts
Eggs, Albumen & Yolk... Paper
21,607,938 Fibres, Ramie, Hemp, &c. 18,165,948 Flour...
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2,609,966
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2,523,789
寥寥
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13,773,981 Vermicilli & Macaroni. 13,337,860 Vegetables
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2,096,975
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2.038,390
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11,738,849 China, E'th'ware, Pottery 10,293,446 Coal
1,966,830
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1,906,182
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9,936,977 Hair, Animal and Human 7,647,758 Timber and Wood..
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1,856,208
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1,845,623
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6,286,547 Cassia Lignea.....
1,819,156
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5,125,000 Grasscloth
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1,559,965
4,673,042 Firewood..
1,481,186
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4,562,841
4,565,449 Fish & Fishery Products
Feathers
1,400,957
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1,380,247
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3,847,733 Clothing, Boots & Shoes 3,582,397 Sugar
1 354,988
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1,266,509
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Fire-crackers & Fireworks Seed, Rape, etc....
3,479,570 Bamboo & Bambooware
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1,141,020
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3,334,404 Seedcake......
1,103,357
Tobacco and Cigarettes
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3,230,798 Sundries
22,681,516
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3,214,189
Skins, Dressed, Clothing
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3,181,276
Fruit Fresh and Dried...
Goods to the value of Tls. 60,460,303 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 28,265,036 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, was divided amongst the different fags as under:
Percentages
Total
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377,338,166
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Tonnage Trade.
British.
28,885
34,712,440 Tls. 803,269,154
40'47
42.83
Chinese
130,828
17,881,542
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414,735,590
20'85
22.11
Japanese
2,259
19,172,727
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315,438, 164
22.35
16.82
German
4,848
6,849,069
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148,029,783
7'99
7.89
French...
2,602
3,154,157
68,415,017
3.68
3.65
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Russian
1,744
1,237,027
70,564,417
1:44
3.76
Norwegian
1,257
1,246,304
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30,674,535
1'45
1'64
American
1,373
712,161
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8,378,480
'83
*45
Austrian
48
192,824
6,329,761
*23
*34
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Dutch
322
Other Countries
232
408,252 205,470
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6,231,082
*48
*33
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3,394,630
*23
*18
1,875,460,913
100
100
193,398 85,771,973
The vessels entered and cleared in 1911 were made up of 89,533 Steamers of 80,084,088 tons, and 103,865 Sailing Vessels of 5,687,885 tons; the latter including 5,051,854 Chinese Junk tonnage.
The gross coast trade in vessels of foreign build amounted to Tls. 492,263,635 outward, and Tls. 512,210,801 inward, the net native imports (that is, goods not re-ex- ported) at the Treaty Ports being Tls. 180,754,617, and the exports to Treaty Ports Tls. 162,-21,193.
The Imperial Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 36,179,825, and was derived from :-
Import Export Coast T'de
Duty. Duty. Duty.
Opium
Opium T'nage Transit
Duty.
Foreign...Tls.12,331,362 9,913,493 1,308,183
1,26,757
Lekin. 3,291,958
Dues. Dues,
1,266,343
1,289,990
Native
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1,44,928 2,692,170
719,486
125,875
272,198
80,042
578,039
Totals...... 13,376,290 12,605,663 2,027,669 1,931,632 3,564,156 1,346,385 1,868,029
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The Native Customs Revenue at nineteen Coast and River ports for the Year ended 20th November, 1911, amounted to Hk. Taels 3,173,188.
Mr. Paul H. King. Statistical Secretary to the Imperial Maritime Customs, in his report on the Foreign Trade of China for 1911, says juzed by Oog e
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