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“...Ningchow—
1912 ... 19,851 23,632
1913 ... 25,754 30,659
Increase... 5,903 7,027
On account of a brisk demand, the price of tea dust was higher
in 1913 than in 1912, being 3 taels (9s. OfcZ.) per picul (133$ lbs. avoir.)
dearer. The brick tea business was very brisk in 1913, but the reverse
will probably be the case in 1914, as dealers in Russia have a large
stock of unsold brick tea on hand.
In 1913 quite a large quantity of the so-called large green brick
tea was sent to Mongolia via Manchuria, the importation of green
brick tea into Inner and Outer Mongolia vifl Kalgan having been
prohibited. The Russian tea merchants, taking advantage of this
prohibition, flooded the Mongolian market with their green tea bricks,
which are dearer than those manufactured by the Chinese. The
prohibition has now been removed, and Chinese merchants will once
more be enabled to utilise the Kalgan route to send their tea into
Mongolia, with the result that the Russian merchants, who cannot
compete with...”
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