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CHINA

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Swatow, Canton, Samshui, Wuchow, Kongmoon, Nanning, Kiungchow, Pakhoi and Chengteh. Lungchow, Mêngtsz, Szemao and Tengyueh, on the frontiers of Tonkin and Burmah, are stations under the cognisance of the Foreign Customs. Mukden, Antung. and Tatiengkow and other inland places in Manchuria, Kweihuichang, Kalgan, Dolonor,. Chihfeng, Taonanfu, Hulutao, and Lungkow have also been declared open to foreign trade. The import trade, exclusive of the Colony of Hongkong, centres chiefly at Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow and Canton, while the bulk of the exports pass through the ports of Shanghai and Canton. The annual value of the trade of China coming under the supervision of the Imperial Maritime Customs was as follows:-

1924... 1925...

Net Imports from Foreign Countries. Hk. Tls. 1,018,210,677 947,864,944

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Net Exports to Foreign Countries. Hk. Tls. 771,784,468 776,352,937

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The Direction of China's Foreign Trade

Total of Foreign trade.

Hk. Tls. 1,789,995,145.

1,724,217,881

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The following was the net value of commodities imported direct from and exported direct to foreign countries in 1925. 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. 17,225,649 re-exports to foreign countries:-

Japan (including Formosa) Hongkong

Great Britain

British India .......................

Imports

....Hk. Tls. 299,755,611

Exports 186,337,037

Totals 486,092,648..

176,311,082

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114,714,974

291,026,056.

U.S. of America (including Hawaii)

55

142,513,422

143,235,936

285,749,358

93,137,777

47,643,185

140,780,962

France...

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12,438,967

66,077,303

78,516,270

48,809,844

12,776,700

61,586,544

Russia, Pacific Ports

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8,557,442

47,433,732

55,991,174

Germany

32,510,643

16,427,493

48,938,136*

Dutch Indies

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37,376,792 10,117,253

47,494,045

Korea

19

10,033,051

34,781,874

44,814,925

Singapore, Straits, etc.

و,

9,480,650

23,785,624

33,266,274

Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Aden, etc.

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2,592,776

20,584,348

23,177,124

French Indo-China

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15,808,515

6,940,390

22,748,905

Netherlands

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11,075,242

10,754,556

21,829,798.

Italy

6,075,798

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9,902,898

15,978,696

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Siam

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10,550,065

4,798,546

15,348,611

Belgium

10,785,987

3,905,179

14,691,166

Macao...

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8,284,710

4,068,385

12,353,095

Philippine Islands

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5,381,408

4,714,439

10,095,847

Canada

.....

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7,210,870 1,265,643

8,476,513.

Russia and Siberia by Land Frontier...

4,823,590

174,434

4,998,024

Norway

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3,408,360

33,937

3,442,297

Spain (including Gibraltar)

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142,197

2,987,919

3,130,116

Sweden

99

2,391,840

534,499

2,926,339

Australia, New Zealand, etc.......

1,913,535

631,119

2,544,654

Switzerland

2,198,825

33,159

2,231,984

Mexico & Cent. America (incl. Panama)

816,424

264,624

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1,081,048

Denmark.....

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365,878

607,774

973,652.

Russia, European Ports

73,615

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332,263

405,878.

South America

19

70,293

238,453

308,746

South Africa (including Mauritius)

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11,881

158,253

170,134

Austria and Hungary

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85,524

21,656

107,180

Danzig.

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44,856

44,856.

Poland

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37,913

37,913

Finland

35,836

35,836.

Russia, Amur Ports...

10,415

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21,285

31,700

Luxemburg

"1

8,437

8,437

Portugal

3,341

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3,211

6,552:

Czechoslovakia

2,037

2,037

Total: (less re-exports as above) ... Hk. Tls. 947,864,944 776,352,937 1,724,217,881,

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