SHANGHAI
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The Import trade in Foreign Goods for 1915 was as follows:- From Foreign Countries and Hongkong From Chinese Ports
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Hk. Tls. 198,214,384 7,784,954
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Hk. Tls. 205,999,338
The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported during that year:-
Cotton Goods. Tls. 49,676,774 Cotton, Raw Tls.
Cotton Yarn Opium... Sugar
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Dyes and Colours
28,352,337 Coal
20,390,930 Gunny & C'ton Bgs. 13,560,210 Paper
8,880,266 Machinery.
Tobacco, Cigars &c. 8,813,600 Timber
Metals...
7,891,026 Misc. Piece Goods Kerosene Oil, &c. 7,152,426 Ginseng
6,298,896 Fish, Salted, &c. Tis. 1,478,895 4,678,573 Wol. and C'tonMix 3,040,024 and Wol. Goods 1,477,755 2,639,134 Paraffin Wax 2,212,765 Soap
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1,302,139 1,216,944
2,060,568 Electrical M'tal..&c. 1,115,896
1,959,828 Seaweed 1,548,996 Sundries
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1,040,755
29,210,610
Total Hk. Tis. 205,999,338
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 140,665,730 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 14,503,437; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 126,162,293, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 81,907,325.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 239,404,817 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports Tls. 45,042,530 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Tls. 155,498,197, the net native imports amounting to Hk Tls. 43,858.649.
The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries. Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1915 were:-
Silk Tea
... Tls. 54,928,962 T'bco., Cigs., &c.Tls. 6,442,298 | Straw Braid Tls. 2,281,826
...37,911,628 Metals
C'ton.Gds. & Yarn 33,242,050 Skins Silk M'tures. ...15,119,786 Beans Seeds & Seed Cake 14,831,773 Rice
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Hides Flour Cotton, Raw
Wool
Oil...
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6,430,418 Fans
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5,389,846 | Beancake
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5,132,414 Books, Printed
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2,190,869 1,809,034 1,739,257
4,637,162 | Peas
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1,224,625
1,148,988
4,066,038 Nutgalls
1,085,000
12,375,957 Egg Albn, and Yolk 4,378,815 Sugar
...11,651,554 Bristles
...10,664,528 Paper
9,807,505 Fibres
Ground-nut Pulp 8,452,199 Tallow
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7,733,773 Medicines
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4,023,289 Pottery & E'ware. 1,042,807 3,774,528 Sundries
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2,592,576
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..25,822,546
2,584,286 Total Hk. Tls. 304,516,337
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls.11,559,405. This was an increase of Tls. 4,098,311 as compared with that of 1914.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1915 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
British
Japanese
Chinese...
French
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage Duties.
61 16,667 3,982 6,778,626 Tls. 5,672,037 3,331 5,137,026 3,209,768 8,360 246,733 12,930 3,681,518 303,677 313,622
3,921 6,761,959
3,331 5,137,026 4,570 3,434,785
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1,527,090
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472
303,677 313,622
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218,815
472
135,458
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61
137,740
17 9,265
78
147,005
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120,706
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637
6
637
64,474
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47,532
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47,532
56,330
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84,932
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84,932
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50,611
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209,024
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130 146,039
209,024 130 146,039
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43,439
20,047
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3,739
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American
Dutch
German Swedish
Danish
Russian
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Norwegian Austrian
Totals
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8,438 272,665 21,247 16,849,638 11,128,514
The Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 11,410,620 for the same year, Import Duties Export Duties
Opium Likin
12,809 16,576,973
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Hk. Tls. 6,289,654
2,367,222 705,405
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consisted of:---
Tonnage Dues ... Coast Trade Duties Transit Dues
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Hk. Tls. 715,449
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997,942 334,948
The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign wessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China."
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