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“...Japan is as much a necessity as ever to the local
Japanese merchant; while the foreign manufacturer is rarely in
sufficiently close touch with local requirements in Japan to enable
him to deal direct with this market.
The political reconstruction still going on in China has very
materially affected many of the productions of Japan, a result which
has perhaps been more particularly felt in the textile trade, causing
many mills to work short time.
Imports. Raw cotton.—American cottons sustained a check during
the first half of 1911 owing to the high prices which ruled, mills in
many instances having recourse, in its place, to Indian cottons of long
staple, such as "Broach," " Tinnevelly" and "Western." From
June onwards the market went the other way, with the prospect of a...”
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“...probably show a
deficiency. Prices rose in sympathy to an abnormal degree and spinners
held their hands or bought American cotton which, in comparison,
fetched lower prices, and the lower grades of which they utilised in
place of certain Indian varieties. Later in the season, with the certainty
that the China crop would turn out much below the average, the mills
found themselves forced to purchase, and Indian cotton was in cort-
siderable demand, more particularly in the last two months of the
year under review.
The small harvest and the political disturbances in China were a
considerable factor in checking business in China cotton, and mills
had to look elsewhere for supplies other than the China import on
which they in part usually relied.
The malpractice of watering cotton, alluded to already in previous
reports, still continues in spite of the Cotton Anti-Adulteration
Association of Shanghai. This association has a testing house at
that port, with a staff of some 50 persons, comprising...”
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“...461,5402. respectively,
rank second and third, the increase over 1910 being about 14 per cent,
in each case.
Raw cotton.—Raw cotton is the principal article imported, the
total amount being 807,2662., a decrease of 611,9062., the previous
year having been an abnormal one. Shipments from India were
valued at 646,0002., only half those of 1910.
Sugar.—Imports of sugar (148,5012.), practically the whole of which
is from Java, have again declined owing to the increased production
of the Formosan mills.
Textiles and metals.—Woollen textiles and metals -have both
increased slightly.
Ports of shipment and discharge.—Only 35 per cent, of its exports
were shipped direct from the port of Osaka and 19 per cent, of its
imports discharged here, the remainder being handled at Kobe.
Shipping.—Practically the whole of the exports (96 per cent, in
value) and three-fifths of the imports were carried in Japanese bottoms.
British shipping entering the port was almost exclusively engaged
in the transport...”
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