CHINA
587
Oil, Vegetable......
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Beancake
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The Exports to foreign countries, exclusive of re-export of foreign goods, were :— Silk, Raw,Ref.and Coc'ns. Hk.Tls.122,327,370 Paper
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46,876,171 Chinaware 44,173,118 Tallow
Hk. Tls. 3,934,807
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3,780,295
guy
3,582,118
Beans
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33,3€4,829 Medicines
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3,404,562
Cotton, Raw and Waste
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Wheat and other Cereals
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30,789,728 Timber and Wood....... 26,043,884 Salt
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3,323,499
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3,260,877
Seed, Rape, etc...........
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22,762,117 Grasscloth
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3,138,082
Minerals and Metals
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22,504,220 Mats and Matting..
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2,908,793.
.97
Tea
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Eggs, Albumen and Yolk
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22,398,436 Fire-crackers & F'works 19,825,098 Seedcake
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2,849,173
2,829,265
Silk Piece Goods
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Wool
99
15,744,583 Clothing, Shoes, etc...... 13,957,517 Skins, Dressed
2,080,049
1,621,257
Flour
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11,025,726 Skins, Hides, Undressed
1,564,004
Meats, Fresh and Pres'vd.
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Straw braid...
NankeensandCottonGds.
Coal...
Tobacco
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7,954,560 Vermicilli and Macaroni 7,717,587 Peas
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1,407,210
gog
1,334,414
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7,658,309 Firewood
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1,306,931
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7,257,876 Fish and Fishery Products
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1,201,540*
7,127,138 Vegetables
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1,138,990
Ground Nuts
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5,850,337 Leather
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1,063,060
Eggs, Fresh and Pres'vd.
Lard
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5,107,396 Fruit, Fresh and Dried... 4,833,127 Nutgalls
900,075
**
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753,838
Bristles...
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Fibres, Ramie, Hemp, &c.
4,748,890 Pottery and E'thenware 4,364,923 Garlic
99
752,757
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537,632
Animals, Living...
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4,021,803
Sundries
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83,701,440
Total
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630,809,411
Goods to the value of Tls. 85,327,768 were conveyed to, and to the value of Tls. 61,433,470 were brought from, the interior under transit passes.
The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, in 1919 was divided amongst the different flags as under:
Percentages
Entries and
Clearances
Tonnage
Values
Tonnage Trade.
British..
Japanese.
Chinese
American
36,074
36,284,312 Tls. 1,045,195,748
37.90
36'14
27,182
27,532,449
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887,758,624
28:76
30*69
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137,575
27,089,762
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725,505,056
28.30
25'08
4,433
2,569,887
19
101,935,893
2.68
3.52
Russian
French..
Norwegian
Dutch
Other Countries
2,803
708,474
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52,999,109
0.74
183
471
414,161
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38,996,925
0.43
1:35
311
302,959
15,561,274
0.32
0.54.
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362
461,782
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12,927,834
0*48
0.45
543
362,149
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11,330,804
0.39
0:40
209,754
95,725,935
2,892,211,267
100.00
100.00
The vessels entered and cleared in 1919 were made up of 112,564 steamers of 89,844,371 tons, and 97,190 sailing vessels of 5,881,564 tons; the latter including 4,536,314 Chinese junk tonnage.
The Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 46,009,160, and was derived from :-
Import Duty.
Export Duty.
Coast T'de.
Duty.
T'nage. Dues.
Transit Dues.
Foreign Native
Tls. 17,806,685
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1,825,012
14,894,718 4,940,605
1,354,444
1,318,328
1,490,304
1,227,615
125,563
1,025,886
Totals
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19,631,697 19,835,323 2,582,059
1,443,891
2,516,190
The Native Customs Revenue at nineteen coast and river ports for 1919 amounted to Hk. Taels 4,493,708.
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