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COMMEKCIAL JAPAi^^. 



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Our largest trarle is with Asia, and Japan has recovered her balance of trade there which she lost long ago. Europe is always 

 furnishing supplies to Japan. The United States is very favorable to our country, and the excesa of our exports to that country Ls great. 

 The chief trade relations with important countries in important articles are: 



UNITED STATES, 1899. 



Exports to: Yen. 



Rice 1,571,408 



Canij)hor .399, 227 



Silk handkerchiefs 1, .329, 191 



Habutai 3,700,097 



Kaiki 1,254,195 



Matting 3, 473, 344 



Tea 6,326,806 



Sulphur 3o3,879 



Silks 39,931,057 



Straw braid 743, (541 



Tottery 685,811 



Imports from: 



Flour 1,333,676 



Oil, petroleum 5,436,622 



Raw cotton 16,476,899 



Locomotives 883, 597 



Iron nails 1, 497, 560 



Tobacco 4,839,923 



Cigarettes 407,922 



ENGLAND. 



Exports to: 



Rice 2,226,042 



Habutai 1,771,263 



Silk handkerchiefs 674, 772 



Straw braid 1,507,918 



Crude and sheet copper 1, 323, 048 



Imports from: 



Soda 515,999 



Cotton 4,935,067 



Calico 3,575,191 



Cloth 489,463 



Wool 494,993 



Cotton, printed 1,369,230 



Cotton satin 944, 754 



Satin 1,102,627 



Iron ores 684,9-59 



Iron plate ' 893,509 



Iron bar 781,310 



Wire 818,115 



Coal 930,6.53 



Vessels 3,070,701 



Cotton-spinning machines 680, 276 



Locomotives 973, 957 



CHINA. 



Exports to: 



Koubu 909,191 



Coal 5, 406, 894 



Cotton, spun 22,911,535 



Lumber 779,900 



]\Iatches 2, 020, 056 



Umbrellas 479,418 



Imports from: 



Pease and other beans 6, 608, 098 



Residual product of oil 6, 017, 238 



Eggs 823,088 



Raw cotton 4, 350, 1-18 



Hemp ()11,024 



Crude sugar 2, 880, 267 



Wool 810,617 



BKITISH INDIA. 



Exports to: 



Habutai 1,077,523 



Matches 807,642 



Coal 1, 686, 539 



Imports from: 



Dry indigo 796, 762 



Raw cotton 39,165,995 



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Exports to: Yen. 



Rice 2,387,027 



Cotton yarn 3, 469, 524 



Matches 2, 872, 2o0 



leches 1,168,660 



Habutai 2, 273, .305 



Coal 4,018,615 



Camphor 9.39,219 



Crude and sheet copper 7, 944, 607 



Imports from: 



Sugar 6,203,444 



Crude sugar 852, 224 



GERMANY. 



Exports to: 



Rice 803, 360 



Crude and sheet copper 1, 190, 017 



Fish oil 314,273 



Imports from: 



Sugar 1,86.3,4.53 



Wool cloth 616, .592 



Aniline dyes 7S3, 411 



Iron nails 657, 318 



Wool 1,065,850 



Liquors 1 , 768, 857 



FRANCE. 



Exports to: 



Silks 19,18.3,785 



Habutai 5, 925, 106 



Silk"noshi" 82<>,372 



Worsted silk 1, 202, 341 



Imports from: 



Mousseline de laine 2, 832, 664 



Wool thread 172,064 



KOREA. 



Exports to: 



Cotton yarns 2,137,913 



White cotton cloth 984, 959 



Calico 453,967 



Imports from: 



Rice 1,689,909 



Pease and other beans 2, 110. 847 



Cow skins 408,200 



TEENCn INDIA. 



Imports from: 



Rice 3,354,096 



BELGIUM. 



Imports from : 



Plate iron 515, 017 



Bar iron 1, 564, 710 



Glass 1,165,480 



ITALY. 



Exports to: 



Silks 2,851,108 



AUSTRALASIA. 



Exports to: 



Rice 867, 8S8 



Habutai 316,312 



Imports from: 



Wool 941,117 



CANADA. 



Exports to: 



Tea 1,293.963 



ASI.\TIC RUSSIA. 



Imports from: 



Petroleum 2,429,456 



