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Diagram No. 2.

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Diagram No. 2 serves to illustrate the following remarks:-

Tables shewing Imports and Exports of the eight commodities of highest value handled in 1923.

IMPORTS.

COMMODITY.

PERCENTAGE

VALUE £

OF TOTAL IMPORT VALUE (£61,955,000)

APPROXIMATE WEIGHT IN TONS.

Rice (white, broken, cargo, in

husk, meal, glutinous and

red)

13,878,024

22.40

1,381,750

Sugar (raw)

6,278,563

10.13

Cotton yarn

3,077,084

4.97

Kerosene Oil

2,166,480

3.50

263,370 22,070 130,580.

Wheat Flour.

1,655,320

2.67

108,600

Coal

1,618,989

2.61

1,037,530

Sugar (refined).

950,975

1.53

37,220

Fuel Oil....

519,452

0.84

140,120

TOTALS...

£30,144,887

48.65%

3,121,240 Tons.

COMMODITY.

EXPORTS.

PERCENTAGE

VALUE £

OF TOTAL EXPORT TRADE (£61,373,000)

APPROXIMATE

WEIGHT IN TONS.

Rice (white, broken, in husk,

meal, cargo, glutinous and

red)

12,693,830

20.68

1,223,430

Sugar (refined)

5,621,754

9.16

208.690

Cotton yarn

3,054,963

4.98

22,990

Sugar (raw)

2,245,316

3.66

109,840

Kerosene

2,021,607

3.29

120,490

Wheat flour

1,469,312

2.39

99,530

Coal: -

Exported

290,352

0.47

205,140

Bunkered (approx.)

1,221,548

1.99

606,060

Fuel Oil:--

Exported

55,109

0.09

15,250

Bunkered (approx.)

464,343

0.76

124,870

TOTALS...

£29,138,134

47.47%

2,736,290 tons.

From the foregoing tables, it will be seen that these eight commodities represent practically half the value of imports and exports of merchandise during 1923.

It will be observed that the commodities of greatest predominance in weight are rice, coal and raw sugar imported from French Indo-China, Siam, Japan, Korea and