1901.] 



COMMERCIAL JAPAJST. 



2253 



Total Value of Imports and Expokts. 



[In round numbers, yen.] 

 EXPORTS. 



IMPORTS. 



TOTAL EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. 



The foreign trade of the country has increased more than fourfold in the last twenty years and it^ rapidity far exceeds the rate of 

 the world's progress, while England, Germany, and France increased only 10 to 30 per cent. Even in later years the progress is 

 wonderful. The total value of the whole trade of 1900 shows an increase of 108,677,483 yen over 1897 and 201, .590,097 yen over 1896, or 

 over 28 and 52 per cent, respectively. The corresponding figures of 1890 show an increase of over 300 per cent in a decade. Total trade 

 per capita was also increased from 3.45 yen in 1890 to 9.96 yen in 1899. 



Statistics of Gold and Silver. 



Though the development of foreign trade is very great, when we compare it with the ti'ade of Europen.i and American countriee 

 we see at once that the country is still in the kindergarten state. 



COUNTRIES. 



United Kingdom. 



France 



Germany 



United States 



HoHaiid 



Notlierlands 



liol.i;ium 



Russia 



Austria-Hungary . 



Italy , 



Spain 



COUNTRIES. 



Switzerland 



Sweden and Norway 



Brazil 



China 



Turkey 



Argentina 



Denmark 



Chile 



Mexico 



British India 



Japan 



1891 



1899 



No. 6- 



-16 



•1898. 



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