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“...beans and bean
cake, cotton yarn, and native cloth.
Native yarn and native cloth.—The total quantity of native yarn
imported through both customs was 12,554 piculs, valued at 447,181
taels, as against 10,117 piculs in 1912 and 4,737 piculs in 1911, and
of native cloth 17,976 piculs, valued at 780,715 taels, plus 39,960
pieces, valued at 91,911 taels, from the Shanghai mills. The total
value, therefore, of the native cottons imported was 1,319,807 taels,
which approximates very closely to the value of the foreign cotton
goods, viz., 1,419,106 taels. In view of the increasing demand for
yarn and cloth from the Shanghai mills it seems likely that the small
percentage in favour of the foreign products will very soon disappear.
Exports.—The figures of the export trade are without doubt the
most encouraging feature of the returns for 1913. Including again
both steamer and junk trades, as well as re-exports of native origin,
the total value of the native produce exported was 19,551,775 taels,...”
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