CHINA
A/T
million. Morocco's takings of tea improved by nearly $1.6 million, while those of the U.S.S. R. fell by almost the same amount.
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IMPORTS
As will have been seen above, the value of the import trade declined by 10.8 per cent., from $1,030 million in 1934 to $919 million in 1935. The following table shows the net imports from abroad for the years 1933, 1934, and 1935 arranged according to the main groupings in the "Monthly Returns of the Foreign Trade of China" and according to the order of importance of these groupings during the year under review.
NET IMPORTS FROM ABROAD, 1933-35.
1933.
St. $
1934.
1935.
St..$
:
St. $
Cereals and Flour...
...
...
275,025,796
111,743,137
135,917,318
Candles, Soap, Oils, Fats, Waxes, Gums,
and Reins...
167,488,507
109,216,985
101,696,701
Metals and Ores
97,066,538
98,884,321
87,142,948
General Sundry List
52,098,742
55,615,008
69,504,357
Cotton and Manufactures thereof... Machinery and Tools ...
Books, Maps, Paper, and Wood Pulp
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Dyes, Pigments, Paints, and Varnishes Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals ... Miscellaneous Metal Manufactures Timber
Vehicles and Vessels...
169,406,619
126,002,764
68,679,626
...:
43,178,244
59,306,338
65,853,248
55,895,532
49,552,757
53,124,800
40,126,727
38,872,690
37,611,774
...
51,383,310
41,594,484
37,443,182
73,609,447
53,843,107
34,805,947
37,313,785
36,311,562
Sugar...
42,026,412
34,152,278 34,768,106 36,961,442 30,584,591 32,686,379 27,672,906
Wool and Manufactures thereof
33,550,475
35,927,735
20,411,974
Fishery and Sea Products...
22,531,856
18,211,519
19,028,281
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Flax, Ramie, Hemp, Jute, and Manufact
tures thereof
41
10,981,404
211,507,014
18.167,762
Animal Products, Canned Goods, and
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1
Groceries
...
15,064,990
ל
13,595,103.
11.778,208
Tobacco
*• •
29,643,711
34,016,399.
11,300,883
Coal, Fuel, Pitch, and Tar
23,417,404
12,135,260.
9,199,084
Medicinal Substances and Spices
9,054,256
9,016,583
8,689,249
Silk (including Artificial Silk) and
Manufactures thereof ...
13,738,245
7,567,833
8,046, 105
Wood, Bamboos, Rattans, Coir, Straw,
and Manufactures of
...
11,564,643
10,168,331
7,541,582
Fruits, Seeds, and Vegetables
4
7,640,532
7,328.865
6.948,743
Chinaware, Enamelledware, Glass, etc.
8,439,957
6,913,367
5.762,369
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Stone, Earth, and Manufactures thereof Hides, Leather, and other Animal
7,960,241
5,517,352.
4,736,125
...Substances...¦¦ ¦ ..........
7,267,500
6,099,516
4,530,345
Wines, Beer, Spirits, Table Waters, etc.
3,780,753
3,228,651
2,965,108
Total
1,345,567,188 1,029,665,224. 919,211,322
According to the groupings in the Monthly Returns, and in the order
of their monetary importance during 1934.
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