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“...year 1906 the Japanese mills were more and more able to
cater for local requirements, and there is no doubt that in the near
future ordinary grey goods will follow the case of T-cloths and of
7 and 8J-lb. shirtings, and be exclusively manufactured in Japan,
although a few pieces of the foreign better class 9-lb. may continue
to have a certain vogue for some years ; on the other hand, Japanese
weaving establishments are not yet capable of turning out cambrics
or gassed shirtings, and it is thought that there will be an increased
importation of such cloths for some time.
The imports of yarns amounted to 335,4241. The importation of
common counts continued up to the end of 1906, but it is believed
that they are no longer coming forward to this country from Lanca-
shire, as the increase in the number of spindles in Japan will enable
local mills to satisfy the requirements of this market. Fine counts
may be imported up to the end of 1907, but after that Japanese mills
will probably suffice to...”
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“...consumption
by the factories manufacturing goods for the general trade. Imports
of "tops" show an increase, most probably due to the increased
production of Japan-woven mousselines.
The import of yarns amounted to 172,0802. as against 409,976L
in 1905—a considerable diminution, probably attributable to the
decreased Government demand. The tendency is in favour of a con-
tinually increasing trade in both raw wool and yarns. Existing
factories are augmenting their power of production, and new mills
have recently been projected. Home prices for the above-named
have ruled higher than in the previous year, some qualities showing
a considerable advance in price.
Woollen and worsted textiles, such as army cloth (so-termed)
used principally for a kind of overcoat much in vogue among fisher-
men and the inhabitants of Northern Japan and called in the ver-
nacular " Mojiri," meltons, coatings, trouserings, fancy tweeds, &c.,
are in rapidly increasing consumption, but the trade in them for
1906...”
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