1901.] 



COMMEKCIAL JAPAN. 



2321 



Principal Imports into Japan during the Calendar Years from 1892 to 1900, in Order op Magnitcde of Value in ISOS, by 



Articles and Values. 



[Compiled from oflBcial reports of the Japanese Government.] 



ARTICLES. 



Rice 



(U)tton, raw, ginned 



Susfiir 



Colton yarns 



Vessels, steam 



Kerosene oil 



Bcitiis, peuse, and pulse 



Tobaero, k'af and cut 



Oil cake, tor fertilizing 



Shirtint;s.f<riiy 



Mduss-liiK' do laiiie, plain ttnd white 



LdCDiiuiti ve engines 



Bar and rod iron 



\\atches, and parts thereof 



Woolen cloths, all wool 



Cot t! in-spinning machinery 



Alcohol 



Rails for railways 



Material for railways, other than rails ... 



Printing paper 



Indigo, dry 



Flour 



Cigarettes 



Satins of cotton 



Wool , raw 



Flannels 



Plate and sheet iron 



Pig iron 



Iron pipe 



Aniline dyes 



Cotton prints 



Nails 



Italian cloth 



Leather, other than sole , 



Iron wheels, axles, and springs , 



Steel bars 



Cotton velvets , 



Wool yam 



Sole leather , 



Shirtings, white 



Steam boilers and engines 



Window glass 



Chlorate of potash 



Fish, salted 



Electric-light apparatus 



Plush or velvet, silk and cotton mixtures. 



Flax, hemp, jute, etc 



Hides, buffalo and cow 



Zinc, sheet 



Dynamite 



Cars, railway, passenger 



Wire . 



Eggs 



Blankets 



Galvanized sheet iron (other than roofing) . 



Woolen cloths (in part of wool) 



Turkey-red cambrics 



Catistic soda 



Tin plate 



Telegraph wire 



Celluloid 



Lubricating oil 



Coal 



Phosphorus 



Roofing and galvanized iron 



1892 



Yen. 

 2, 05'J, 900 

 n,02f),(i:!7 



9,.'ji9,(;r2 



7, V'A , 947 



431.875 



3, 32«, 398 



2,712,044 



80, 200 



824, r,51 



1,727.185 



2, 448, 899 



200,418 



871,701 



485, 593 



640, 417 



C) 



392, 540 

 07, 437 

 .51,805 

 217,309 

 380, 193 

 278, 730 

 170, 028 

 523, 459 

 302, 501 



1, 073, 742 

 240, 583 

 241,316 

 55, 814 

 418,481 

 436, 544 

 906, 422 



1,062,571 

 563, 263 



578, 374 

 427.992 

 219, 429 

 330, 558 

 180, 547 

 160, 503 

 309, 900 

 12,004 

 147, 109 



213, 216 



390, 152 



225, 018 



35, 284 



95, 840 



224, 932 



70,444 



528, 973 



80,156 



196, 618 



378, 335 



173, 009 



52,024 



89, 294 



(M 



105, 379 

 86, 085 

 (•) 



1898 



Yen. 



3,251,842 

 1,5,294,897 

 11,4.52,025 



7,284,242 

 805, 428 



4,401,040 



3, 446, 636 

 150.207 

 599; 893 



2, 315, 024 



2, 305, .505 

 350, 533 

 975, 786 

 523, 126 

 801, 407 

 (») 



379, 476 

 667, 108 

 147, 641 

 217, 694 

 444, 208 

 322, 041 

 254, 639 

 842, 4.52 

 425, 120 



1,389,714 

 330, 097 

 446,477 

 122, 885 

 405, 047 

 635, 902 

 887, 790 



1,489,304 

 430, 932 



1:! 



489, 664 

 513, 930 

 215, 702 

 168, 304 

 1.57, 958 

 359, 314 

 742, 316 

 44, 202 

 138, 039 



326, 337 

 412, 667 

 339, 027 



84, 561 

 152, 856 

 268, 744 

 108, 055 

 811, 022 

 121,010 

 318,798 

 363, 587 

 192,426 



56, 267 

 121, 986 

 («) 

 (M 



81,707 

 166, 636 

 (•) 



1894 



Yen. 



8,413,148 



19,103,922 



13, 241,. 5% 



7,977,:i65 



8, 202, .549 



5,135,332 



2, 977, 794 



68, 567 



822, 195 



2,93.5,033 



3, 1.50, 822 



1,580,272 



1,339,033 



404,646 



641,270 



(•) 



174,185 

 1,209,205 

 881,805 

 257, 857 

 329, 801 

 641,929 

 232, 343 

 1,2,54,804 

 567,197 

 308, 833 

 726, 738 

 743, .5.52 

 484, 086 

 543, 494 

 621,097 

 1,332,637 

 1,7.59,795 

 598,810 

 C) 

 C) 



700, 150 

 563, 501 

 281, 782 

 337, 607 

 215, 155 

 246, 032 

 840, 640 

 63, 197 

 226, 198 



537, 924 

 894, 892 

 426, 253 

 137, 506 

 155, 100 

 93, 985 

 66, 118 

 572, 808 

 1.56, 740 

 175, 559 

 225,285 

 205,466 

 362, 673 

 142, 214 



!:i 



472, 767 

 178,231 

 (*) 



1896 



Yen. 



4,3.57,096 



24,304,814 



11,720,106 



7,CS2,975 



4,7uO,.-„54 



4,303,928 



2, .5.54, 763 



99, 7.56 



946,000 



3,071,495 



3,633,467 



1,003,694 



2, 08.5, 084 



971,938 



2,951,041 



1,896,195 



440, 904 



925, 531 



1,2.53,343 



307, 099 



581,369 



406,854 



303, 871 



784,302 



1 136,951 



901,000 



918,458 



673, 795 



604, 753 



682,137 



383,364 



1,278,056 



921,741 



1,092,821 



486, 097 

 951,035 

 497, 774 

 505, 719 

 431,925 

 309, 801 

 419, 0.53 

 107, 134 

 311,016 



32,707 

 645, 840 

 695,984 

 600, 862 

 231, 489 

 643, 216 

 218, 458 



95, 206 

 1,569,425 

 112, 724 

 169, 265 

 418, 790 

 234,000 

 313, 644 

 205, 714 



863,079 

 260, 822 

 (») 



1896 



Yen. 



5, 632, .^36 



32,106,275 



13,711,738 



11,372,001 



1,724,496 



6,3:31^56 



3, 475, 015 



148, 628 



3,220.600 



4,0.57,763 



6,498,162 



1,020,767 



2, ;«9, 704 



1,977, .571 



3,4o7,150 



2, 992, 3(X) 



481,464 



2, .595, 4.58 



1,302,374 



723, 437 



1,067,3.57 



994,201 



574,2.34 



2, .5.58, 4.50 



998, 305 



1,997,244 



1,3.36,885 



739, .55.5 



891,339 



1,139,929 



1, 193, 102 



1,440,2.53 



2, 813, 096 



1,141,866 



325, 706 



717,292 



1,001,352 



1,114,872 



576, 58^1 



655, 448 



822, 694 



570, 442 



429, 042 



J31,035 



659, 711 



149, 128 



708, 161 



539,675 



453,709. 



154,274 



363, 161 



567, 590 



300,388 



1,932,482 



310, 190 



706,902 



395,088 



84,263 



250, 962 



506,490 



134,552 



210, 113 



519, 380 



174,897 



218, 487 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



Yen. 

 21,628,428 

 43, 122 

 19,799 

 9,62.5 

 8,232 

 7,667 

 5,889 



425, 

 3,31.5 

 3,783 

 4, 408 

 4,2:1.5 

 3,046 

 1,901 

 1,943 

 6,401 



909 

 3, 325 

 2,011 



856 

 1,538: 

 1, 1.5ti 



997 

 1,790 

 1,057 

 1,187 

 1, 175 



931 



8M 



931 



986 

 1,458 

 1,858 



922: 



630, 



414 



677 

 1,3.37 



462 



250 

 1,317 



488 



497 



495, 



691 



838 



654 



346 



734 



325 



905 



463 



3.37 



608 



641 



290 



494 



229 



569 



477 



174 



834 



678 



280i 



292, 



262 

 091 



2.58 ' 



G48 : 



3.50 

 616 

 112 

 .587 

 808 

 7.53 

 016 

 131 

 813 

 .531 

 701 

 360 

 001 

 465 

 957 

 021 

 .509 

 237 

 082 

 482 

 6-56 

 266 

 010 

 .581 

 197 

 443 

 294 

 581 

 561 

 407 

 408 

 0.50 

 424 

 524 

 863 

 260 

 090 

 6.50 

 907 

 776 

 336 

 791 

 394 

 571 

 265 

 743 

 898 

 169 

 928 

 193 

 643 

 592 

 593 

 909 

 775 

 654 

 134 

 570 

 636 

 625 



Yen. 



48,219,«'10 



45,410,457 



28, :i89. «{7 



8, .517. .5KS 



7, iKs. !•>» 



, 4.52, 88(J 



,101,103 



, 7WJ. 4.55 



,614,%- 



, :iX2. .509 



, 373. 988 



, 2»i5, 8.54 



.061.805 



, {JtMi. 3.31 



, 803, 607 



, 08^. 762 



, o'j'j, 9.^2 



.(>il.721 

 . 514, ifi 

 ,2K{,215 

 ,'.'70,815 

 ,02--'.413 

 '.'). 827 

 , 645, 229 

 ,t>42.819 

 , 425, 6.50 

 , 405. 855 

 ,:i81,4.82 

 , 332, 940 

 ,218,^12 

 , 176, 7S9 

 , 1.50, 343 

 ,068,270 

 ,050,211 

 938,847 

 838,618 

 813.280 

 785, 192 

 716, 879 

 7as,348 

 697, 173 

 669,807 

 632.060 

 609,736 

 605.901 

 699,495 

 590, 517 

 587,949 

 656,443 

 507, .591 

 1,100,824 

 493.242 

 492, .5.53 

 619,685 

 464.466 

 444,144 

 433.894 

 422,714 

 411, 422 

 408, S42 

 406,678 

 401,344 

 399,189 

 386,304 

 382,968 



Yen. 



.5.9rA]C6 ' 

 01 , ;v/), 755 

 17.5]0.(«9 



4,'>i;.:726; 



3.0J(J,'JH-2 I 

 7. 91 ». 119 , 

 8,822.111 



*.5,08<i,:;^>i 



6,791,813 

 3,.57.5, i'.d 

 4, 3.50, 9:J4 

 1,'.'6»<,:{74 

 2,603.676 



3'/9, .509 

 2,004,158 



773, -235 

 2, 000, 800 



43-5, 0»1 



2,90:j.829 

 1,370,8.57 1 

 760, .594 I 

 949,7.50 I 

 4, 324. 427 

 495, 786 

 2,220,415 

 965, .544 

 953,4:16 

 904,013 

 1,438, -245 

 2, 223, 432 

 1,132, .575 

 518,061 



396,141 

 593,337 

 549,029 

 617,808 

 327,144 



1,256,577 

 418,8.84 



1,212,896 

 437,9.52 

 675,231 



1,245,019 

 719,930 

 907,927 

 244,303 

 246,936 



826, 960 

 229,035 

 902.5% 

 531,554 

 416,966 

 521,852 

 669,923 

 817,200 

 244,263 

 289,394 

 937,094 

 '216.124 

 511, n5 



Yen. 



■K,. rAJ>,, .528 

 7, 043,046 



"u.\Ki,m. 



4,817,767 

 '4.51,292 

 5, rfm. 453 

 5. v*i, (fA 

 7, :ifA, 991 

 l,<i8'j,2U» 

 5. 24:1. 406 

 1,6.V{,914 

 2,9<j»,763 



132, (»1 

 4,753,371 



"2.0:56,' 844 

 3. 902, .559 

 3,S«,.517 

 99.828 

 3,«2.63S 

 3.919,693 

 I.:ih2.7b7 

 4.080..M3 

 962, 910 

 2.9><1,693 

 1,:{28,731 

 2, 002, TS2 

 2.1^1.064 

 1. 120, 737 

 1,101.183 



864,497 



1,79"?, 535 

 984,798 



1,325,142 

 773.256 

 95C, 919 

 679,312 



2.184,846 

 666. »i0 

 984,935 



1,700,409 

 636,643 

 R82,732 

 187,169 

 531,483 



l,243.0te 

 393,635 



1.323.316 



2,4.33,758 

 424. 772 

 929.526 

 832,149 



1,096, .575 

 442,050 

 624. 828 



2,100.064 



'244,979 



781,121 



'Not separately stated. 



* Leaf tobacco only. 



« Amorphous only. 



Valne of yen on January 1, 1885, in United States money, 85.8 cents; 1890, 76.2 cents; 1891, 83.1 cents; 1892, 74.5 cents; 1893, 66.1 cents; 1894, 55.6 cents; 1885, 

 49.1 cents; 1896, 52.9 cents; 1897, 51.1 cents; since 1898, 49.8 cents. 



