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JAPAN
Exports to
Countries
1919
3,166,549
284,456
1,536,891
731,148
15,530,278
13,823,479
4,924,982
1920
1919
1920
Holland
Hawaii
Hongkong .
Italy .
Philippine Islands
Chile
Asiatic Russia .
6,281,304 263,024
2,231,586
2,116,981 16,404,811 24,679,330
3,831,684
1,468,388
8,612,540
.89,153,821
6,398,415 18,556,179
3,290,467 70,958,261
7,900,318 13,202,491 74,066.243
6,376,564 34,376,388
2,222,326 22,880,772
Sweden Siam . Switzerland. U.S. of America .
11,284,691
29,937,129
S,643,598
766,381,438
17,382,667
3,245,115
9,194,985
873,177,075
731,879
3,528.254
40S.007
828,097,621
414,866
4,200,736
135,836
505,017,906
The recorded values are ascertained from shipping documents and invoices, in the case 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, Ac. The prime oiij.Mii and ultimate destination, as far as they are known, are recorded as disclosed in the shipping documents.
Chief articles of the foreign commerce, excluding re-imports and re- exports : —
Imports
1919
1920 Exports
1919
1920
Veu
Yen
Yen
Yen
Rice.
162,220,404
18,085,000
Cotton yarn .
114,232,082
153,013,000
Beans and Peas
35,212,757
47,648,000
Cotton tissues
280,061,883
334,975,000
Sugar
58,183,590
60,220,000
Raw silk
623,919,491
383,576,000
Raw cotton
667,866,651
721,433,000 Silk waste and Floss
Crude India Rubber
17,364,192
13,417,000
Silk .
27,509,000
27,541,000
Aniline DyeB .
10,720,919 15,489,615
15,439,000 19,371,000
Silk tissue
162,477,000
158,426,000
Hides and Skins
Coal
37,735,574
45,200,000
Wool
61,304,245
121,625,000
Toys
13,001,436
21,186,000
Woollen tissues
12,605,000
31,782,000
Matches .
32,968,351
28,453,000
Coal
18,567.231
19,913,000
Copper .
26,151,000
12,689,010
Oil cake .
135,188,720 21,675,646
150,909,000 21,270,000
Camphor Iron
7,883,875
4,966,000
Petroleum
21,240,000
14,742,000
Iron, bar, rod,
Tea .
18,402,054
17,110,000
plates, &.C.
156.579.10S
201,152,000
Rico
4,386,957
6,051,000
Saltpetre .
13,847,954
24,740,000
Glassware
19,689,000
23,239,000
Machinery
89,273,420
110,921,000
Earthenware .
22,029,798
31,456,000
Flax and Hemp
16,879,421
15,326,000
Machinery
10,961,000
17,153,000
Pulp
10,687,206
13,185,000
Kcflned sugar .
21,627,307
30,596,000
Cotton tissues
9.710,000
17,359,000
The imports of bullion and specie (gold and silver) in 1920 amounted to 404,735,000 yen, andexports to 3,898,000 yen; in 1919, imports, 327,477,000 yen; export*, 95,054,000 yen.
The staple articles of import from Japan into Great Britain (Board of Trade returns) in the year 1919 were silk manufactures, 4,329,683/. ; straw plaiting, 1,068,132/. ; unwrought copper, 195,044/. ; peas, 1,402,539/. ; crude zinc, 193,773/. ; soya beans, 1,588,434/. The staple articles of British export to Japan consist of cotton goods of the value of 773,796/. ; cotton yarn, 209, 1512.; woollen goods, 1,426,260/.; iron, wrought and unwrought, 3,274,3692. ; machinery, 1,796,246/.; hats, 45,802/.; arms and ammunition, 115,538/.
