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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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