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JAPAN

The following table shows the total values of goods exported and imported in 1921 in 1000s of Yen :-

EXPORTS

Yen

IMPORTS

Yen

Grains, etc.

9,118

Plants, Animals, Grains, Beverages 115,390

Beverages

Sugar, etc.....

17,531

Aquatic Products

14,570

Miscellaneous

Alcoholics...

11,292

Tea...

7,719

Textile Yarns (no details)

520,404

Tobacco.

312

Drugs, etc........

64,964

Others

17,975

Oils, etc....

51,348

Textile tissues

Miscellaneous

48,248

Silk Yarns, etc.

429,779

Dyes, etc......

32,082

Drugs, etc.

Skins, etc.....

24,813

35,047

Oils, etc.....

7,889

Dyes, etc.

6,169

Skins, etc...

Various Manufactures and Minerals

3,165

Other Yarns, etc..............

87,582

Miscellaneous

165,992

Tissues and Manufactures

Iron Ores...

157,680

Cotton

203,673

Machinery

119,882

Silk..

89,936

Metal Manufactures

38,211

Manufactures of Tissues.

16,855

Minerals

30,090

Other Tissues

5,988

Papers, Books, etc.......

25,910

Vehicles and Vessels.

Various Manufactures and Minerals

20,150

Miscellaneous

Scientific Instruments..

57,340

12,124

Minerals

46,446

Re-imports

9,551

Clothing

Parcel Post...

37,502

8,627

Pottery and Glass

30,789

Pottery and Glass.

6,948

Paper..

Clocks and Watches

25,575

6,611

Clocks and Instruments,

Clothing

3,920

Vessels and Vehicles!

25,146

Travelling Effects

1,608

Ores and Metals........

Other Ores

17,521

39,599

Parcel Post

17,119

Metal Manufactures

15,966

Re-exports

14,834

Total.........1,252,838

Total.........1,614,155

The total Shipping from and to foreign countries for the year 1919 is given as 22,823,476 tons and is divided among the different nationalities as under :-

Japanese

British

American

Russian

French

Chinese

Norwegian

Danish

Swedish.

Others

Strs.

Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total

Tonnage

10,643

16,781,321

515 72,537

11,158 16,853,858

838

3,566,280

1 3,599

839 3,569,879

356

1,206,506

4

3,945

360

1,210,451

238

293,411

4

222

242

293,633

27

175,412

27

175,412

139

168,973

139

168,973

39

71,785

39

71,785

15

59,079

15

59,079

18

50,325

18

50,325

122

370,081

122

370,081

524

80,303

12,959 22,823,476

Totals...... 12,435 22,743,173

The Customs Revenue for the year 1921 was Y. 93,684,472.

Extension of the Japanese railway systems has proceeded uninterruptedly since the first line was laid in 1872. The mileage open to traffic in Japan proper (ex- cluding Chosen, Formosa and Saghalien), according to the latest returns, is 5,999 miles of State railway and 1,834 miles of private railway.

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