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“...leading British firm of soap boilers has formed a company in
Japan for the purpose of erecting a soap works and oil mill. The
seeds crushed will consist primarily of soya beans ; but groundnuts,
sesame seed and rape seed will also be crushed during the season when
beans are not available, and the refuse will be disposed of as manure.
It is intended to find a market for the products of this factory in
Japan, China, Corea and Manchuria, and the present sitenear
Osakawas only selected after comparison with the conditions pre-
vailing at industrial centres in China and Manchuria.
The promoters petitioned the Department of Finance for a refund
of the import duty paid on all materials used in the manufacture of
soap when such soap was subsequently exported, and for a refund
of duty on oil seeds when used in the manufacture of oil or soap for
export. In December an Imperial ordinance was promulgated
granting a rebate of 13 sen per 100 kin of the import duty on soya
beans where the beans are used as...”
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“...38 japan.
The following table shows the shares taken by the various districts
of China in her trade with Japan :
Imports. ! Exports.
1909. ! ; | 1910. ................! 1909. i 1910.
£ 1 £ i £ 1 ; £
Manchuria 948,000 1,020,300 634,800 ! 957,000
North China ...... 724,900 813,600 ! 1,929,000 ! 2,265,200
Central China...... 2,725,800 4,904,100 j 4,700,500 5,686,800
South China 374,900 247,800 j 121,800 109,800
Unknown ...... 12,700 14,000 j 74,900 172,500
Total...... Kwantung province ... 4,786,300 6,999,800 7,461,000 9,191,300
1,854,300 994,300 1,653,400 1,954,700
Germany.Trade with Germany shows an increase of 708,627?.
or 14 per cent., which is accounted for by almost equal increments of
imports and exports. Of the former varying increases are shown
in woollen cloths and serges, bar, rod, &c., iron and steel, rails and
wool tops ; with decreases in indigo, locomotives and rolling-stock,
iron nails and mousseline-de-laine. Among exports increases are
shown by copper, habutse and straw...”
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