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of Shanghai and Canton. The annual value of the trade of China coming under the supervision of the Imperial Maritime Customs was as follows:-
Net Imports from Foreign Countries.
1922...............Hk. Tls. 945,049,650
1923.
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923,402,887 1923 equalsat Ex.3/5 £160,633,627
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Net Exports to Foreign Countries. Hk. Tls. 654,891,933 752,917,416 £130,976,259
Total of Foreign trade.
Hk Tls. 1,599,941,583
The Direction of China's Foreign Trade
1,676,320,303- £291,609,886 ·
The following was the net value of commodities imported direct from and exported direct to foreign countries in 1923. These figures do not include the trade carried on with neighbouring countries in Chinese junks, which does not come within the control of the Foreign Customs, but include Hk. Tls. 25,231,033 re-exports to foreign countries:-
Hongkong
Japan (including Formosa) United States of America
Imports
Hk. Tls. 248,083,456
Totals
Exports
175,796,249 423,879,705
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Great Britain....
211,024,297 154,447,651 120,397,229 43,207,130
198,517,346 409,541,643
126,803,772 281,251,423
163,604,359
British India
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55,240,982
12,329,306
67,570,288.
France
....
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7,548,654
39,577,659
47,126,313
Germany
32,456,067
11,914,718
44,370,785
Russia, Siberia and Russian Pacific Ports
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10,202,819
34,092,022
44,294,841
Korea
Straits Settlements
19
11,954,940
30,281,131
42,236,071
9,213,722
17,927,812
27,141,534
French Indo-China
Dutch Indies
99
18,438,662
4,012,714
22,451,376-
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13,600,326 8,085,332
21,685,658
Belgium
....
10,878,750
2,753,157
13,631,907
Italy
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3,735,472
9,467,800
13,203,272
Netherlands
19
3,908,222
8,511,043
12,419,265
Canada
10,327,374
2,000,759
12,328,133
Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc..
99
843,906
11,114,197
11,958,103
Macao
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6,235,819
3,967,508
10,203,327
Siam
6,259,635
3,385,263
9,644,898
Philippines
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1,360,156
3,981,571
5,341,727
Australia and New Zealand
3,363,255
1,489,016
4,852,271
Switzerland ......
19
3,544,499
7,840
3,552,339
Denmark
Sweden.....
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1,115,286
1,507,568
2,622,854
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2,213,289
286,767
2,500,056
Norway....
Other European Countries. Central and South America South Africa
19
2,027,969
36,934
2,064,903
133,177
1,510,364
1,643,541
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52,851
164,673
217,524
19
25,455
187,765
213,220 -
752,917,416 1,701,551,336
Hk. Tls. 948,633,920
Imports from Hongkong, Singapore, and British India all registered substantial increases in 1923 as compared with 1922. Imports from Great Britain declined by some 25 million taels, reducing the excess of imports over exports to that country from 105.2 million taels in 1922 to 76.1 millions in the following year. Germany, France, Italy, Korea and Canada exported more goods to China in 1923 than in the preceding year, but the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, and the U.S. of America show reduced totals.
Chinese produce was sent in increased quantities to Hongkong, Singapore, British India and Great Britain. The U.S. of America, Japan, Germany, Italy, the Nether- lands and Belgium also received more goods from China in 1923 than in 1922; but Macao, the Dutch Indies, France and Russia all imported less goods from China- during the year under review than they did in the preceding year.
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