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crop has not yet been sent abroad. This accounts for the decrease
of 1,094,250 yen (111/705Z.).
The re-exports, comprising for the most part rice, tobacco, metals Re-exports,
and cotton goods, declined from 1,012,270 yen (103,336L) to 769,543
yen (78,5571.). The reason for the decrease is that in 1905 the
supplies sent forward were to a great extent for the Japanese troops
in Manchuria.
There was also a considerable decrease in the value of the goods Coasting
dispatched coastwise, the figures for 1906 being 7,705,900 yentracle-
(786,643?.) as against 9,487,933 yen (968.560Z.) in 1905.
The United Kingdom has shared largely in the notable expansion British trade,
of the import trade of Corea during the past few years, and there is
no reason why, with the moderate tariff in force, British goods should
not maintain their position in the Corean market. As pointed out
in previous reports, it is only possible to arrive at an approximate
idea of the proportion of the trade which is...”
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