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CHINA

The Direction of China's Foreign Trade

[In thousands of Haikwan taels (000 omitted).]

Gross Imports

Exports

1913

1922

1923

1913

Country

Hk. Tls. Hk. Tls.

Hk. Tls.

Hk. Tls.

1922 Hk. Tls.

1923

Hk. Tls.

Hongkong

171,636

239,348

248,083

117,129

169,996

175,796

Macao

6,596

11,502

6,236

4,952

4,685

3,968

Singapore, Straits, etc.

8,935

8,169

9,214

7,553

15,314

17,928

Dutch Indies

6,837 13,844

13,600

2,605

9,129

8,085

British India

48,292

43,140

55,241

6,190

9,817

12,329

Great Britain....

96,911

145,293

120,397

16,346

38,508

43,207

Germany...

28,302

24,744

32,456

17,025

9,805

11,915

Netherlands

1,424

7,628

3,908

8,693

5,728

8,511

Belgium

15,831

11,152

10,879

6,546

....

2,349

2,753

France

5,299

4,556

7,549

40,750

40,756

39,578

Italy...

664

2,319

3,735

8,318

6,050

9,468

Russia and Siberia

22,153

14,276

10,203

44,922

39,244

34,092

Korea

3,527

9,686

11,955

6,813

21,237

30,281

Japan (incldg. Formosa)...

119,347

231,429

211,024

65,544

159,754

198,517

Canada....

1,866

8,401

10,327

652

1,274

2,001

U.S. of America (including

Hawaii)

I

Other Countries

Total

35,427 169,005 154,448 13,243 30,542 39,379 11,617

586,290 975,034 948,634

37,650

97,579

126,804

23,667

27,684

403,305

654,892

752,917

Less Re-exports to Foreign

Countries......

Net Total...

16,128 29,985 25,231

570,162 945,049 923,403 403,305 654,892 752,917

The total carrying trade, foreign and coastwise, in 1923 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-

Entries and

Clearances

Tonnage

Values

Percentages Tonnage Trade

British.....

-Chinese

Japanese

American

44,055

102,245

""

51,965,230 Tls. 1,525,470,410 32,433,847

39'58

40'43

971,757,488

24'70

25'75

25,063

33,288,617

""

844,542,163

25.35

22.38

....

4,994

5,968,261

173,052,289

4'55

4'59

French......

Russian

German

1,948

1,839,731

"

93,391,961

1:40

2:48

368

255,138

""

45,106,128

0.19

1.20

364

1,369,016

""

33,488,644

1:04

0'89

Dutch

525

1,644,279

"}

28,164,360

1.25

0*75

Norwegian

588

848,138

""

20,907,435

0'65

0.55

Danish.

175

Portuguese..

1,512

Other Countries

675

459,065 581,507 508,973

"

10,529,898

0.35

0'28

""

7,706,072

0'44

0'20

""

19,302,273

0.50

0'50

182,722

131,304,556 ,, 3,773,419,121

100.00

100.00

The Maritime Customs revenue for the same year amounted to Haikwan Taels 63,504,251 and was derived from ;

Import

Duty

Export Duty

Tls. 32,570,272 22,669,975

Coast Trade Tonnage

Duty

Transit

Dues

Dues

2,651,886

2,401,554

3,210,564