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“...umbrellas 4- 4,512
Fisli.. .. 4 27,107
,, oil .. - 32,663
Jinrikish.i
Soy ..
.. + 3,032
.. 4 4,245
Woodchip braids .. 4- 68,072
ltemarks.
Increased local consumption and export; Hong-
Kong absorbs one-third, China one quarter,
while the United Kingdom took more than
in 1902
More than half for Hong-Kong, but the con-
suming countries are very numerous, including
even Turkey
The demand is entirely Far Eastern, especially
Chinese ; export naturally mainly from Kobe
in tiie neighbourlioo 1 of the Osaka mills.
Yokohama exports Tokio yarn
Increase of 5.100Z. ir. menthol crystal, Hong-
Kong taking most. Germany and Hong-Kong
are t he chief customers for peppermint oil
Total export, 16,702^., an instance of Japan's
imitating and exporting a European article.
The demand is Chinese
Chiefly articles of Chinese diet; lirgely exported
to China via Hong-Kong
1902 was an exceptionally good year, but the
figures for 1903 were higher than for 1901;
decline most marked in Hong-Kong con-
sumption
Export slowly but...”
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“...tinned meats no longer appear among the imports.
Exports show a steady increase in almost every line. Exports.
Rice accounts for nearly one-third of the total exports, the value Rice,
being given as 110,255?., which is practically the same as the previous
year. A change is, however, taking place in the trade, and it is
not improbable that within a very few years the export of polished
rice to Australia will practically cease owing to the encouragement
afforded to the establishment of cleaning mills in that country by the
heavy duty imposed on the cleaned article.
The export of habutae silk shows a steady and substantial growth, Habutse.
and the figures for 1903 are 67,088?. The export of kaiki and other
silk tissues remains small and stationary, totalling only 1,206?. for
the year. Silk handkerchiefs show a remarkable falling-off in
the year under review, the export being only 12,336?., as against
18,670?. for 1902. Silk shawls, gowns and other manufactured
silk articles figure at 3,354...”
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