1022
JAPAN
Commerce by coiui tries
Imports from
Exports to
Countries
1910
1911
1910
1911
Yen
Yen
Yen
Yen
Australia ....
7,601,081
7,926,927
6,552,457
8,102,525
Austria-Hungary
2,782,032
3,082,989
1,159,587
882,077
Belgium ....
9,409,075
7,737,197
3,464,839
3,177,900
Egypt
4,192,196
5,501,734
806,828
688,410
British Auierica .
850,126
333,932
4,261,792
4,006,046
British India
106,361,497
99,695,688
18,712,918
20,316,322
Straits Settlements .
4,615,981
4,816,626
6,549,661
7,105,715
China
68,569,541
61,999,710
90,-037,354
88,152,792
France ....
5,404,849
5,518,104
44,925,229
43,575,391
French India
4,438,133
9,923,886
341,083
469,861
Germany ....
43,946,478
56,473.921
11,167,773
11,681,762
Great Britain
0i,700,911
111,156,758
25,781,364
23,824,065
Dutch India
18,879,501
15,459,302
3,133,598
3,724,117
Holland ....
919,207
1,182,805
725,952
427,142
Hawaii ....
11,526
14,433
3,964,066
4,165,908
Hongkong ....
674,651
701,631
23,459,911
24,521.985
Italy
591,502
665,259
16,834,878
17,894,996
Philippine Ishinds
788,206
1,329,068
4,410,505
5,995,870
European Russia
208,015
534 116
1,811,283
2,595,650
Asiatic Russia .
762,610
509,460
2,503,476
3,070,559
Siani
2,635.575
2,321,329
533, 09 S
496,650
Switzerland.
1,694,199
2,307,223
1,943,040
595,772
U.S. of America .
54,699,166
81,250,909
143,702,249
142,725,642
The recorded values are ascertained from shipping docuirieuts and invoices, in the cajsc of exports being given as the market values in Japan, and of imports as the values in the countries of purchase, inclusive of the cost of transport, insurance, &c. The prime origin and ultimate destination, as far as they are known, are recorded as disclosed in the .shipping documents.
Chief articles of exports : —
the foreign commerce, excluding re-imports and ru-
Imports
1910
1911
Exports
1910
1911
Yen
Yen
Yen
Yen
Rice . . . .
1 8,644,438
17,721,085
Cotton yarn .
45,346,964
40,213,289
Wheat .
3,338,243
3,728,829
Cotton shirtings .
6,541,873
7,382,182
Wheat flour .
1,739,238
1,702,961
Raw silk
130,832,940
128,675,094
Soja beans
8,977,772
10,305,636
Silk waste
8,417,344
7,785,646
Sugar
13,139,578
9,156,747
Silk manufactures .
29,275,908
30,680,427
Tobacco .
113,885
44,856
Coal
16,300,568
17,989,613
Raw cotton .
157.823,603
145,455,124
Matches .
10,389,666
10,072,886
Cotton prints .
1 1,720,390
1,271,837
Copper .
20,805,718
20,002,580
Cotton satins
1,532,266
1,903,684
Camphor
2,964,369
3,143,084
Cotton velvets
862,939
795,993
Tea .
14,542,334
14,379,260
Cotton shirtings
- 6,380,701
6,780,792
Rice
5,900,477
3,940,541
Wool
13,520,312
11,262,992
Matting .
3,937,276
3,746.434
Woollen yarn .
5,951,137
4,782,548
Earthenware .
5,513,923
5,377,705
Woollen cloth .
10,057,203
10,656,167
Straw-plait .
0,261,980
4,717,224
Oil cake .
19,887,928
29,362,04s
Umbrellas
1,849,738
1,657,433
Petroleum
14,303,290
13,065,380
Cigarettes
847,059
702,738
Iron bar .
5,202,341
5,377,768
Sake . . .
2,763,296
2,134,658
Engines and boilers
1,090,191
2,224,936
Fish and whale oil .
2,634,387
. 1,835,336
The imports of bullion and specie (gold and silver) in 1911 amounted to 6,168,268 yen, and exports to 24,398,286 yen ; in 1912, imports, 11,544,351 yen ; exports, 28,325,153 yen.
