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KOREA

APPENDIX IV

RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF IMPORTS TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.

Articles

1902 1901

Quantity Value Quantity Value

Average Five Years, 1898-1902

Cotton goods— £ £ £

Shirtings, grey and white—

British Pieces 389,730 172,515 402,156 176,892 159,763

Japanese Pieces 18,926 3934 19,236 3933 2328

T-cloths Pieces 18,771 4169 29,798 6782 4400

Drills—

British and American Pieces 20,045 9274 34,970 16,250 9546

Japanese Pieces 2032 1036 919 188 298

Turkey-red cloths

British Pieces 6857 1873 6815 1928 1934

Japanese Pieces 9763 1539 10,274 1904 1726

Lawns and muslins Pieces 100,513 10,135 95,460 9750 12,915

Lenos Pieces 33,602 8797 38,897 10,296 9062

Sheetings—

British and American Pieces 134,282 57,342 189,554 80,177 60,164

Japanese Pieces 173,907 72,098 171,235 72,303 52,961

Cotton reps Pieces 21,094 9461 28,412 14,598 7707

Japanese piece-goods Pieces 658,462 65,407 909,811 88,069 75,405

Piece-goods, non-Japanese Pieces 39,356 3054 39,699 3517 8600

Yarn—

British and Indian Lbs. 111,333 3923 120,933 4193 5641

Japanese Lbs. 4,154,533 98,933 5,028,800 119,781 105,454

Chinese Lbs. — — 4 12 —

Other cottons — — 23,282 — 33,235 42,003

Total — — 546,772 — 643,808 559,919

Woollen goods — — 7846 — 16,618 8235

Miscellaneous piece-goods. — — 1701 — 1645 1148

Metals — — 59,266 — 74,156 54,218

Sundries—

Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition — — 9556 — 38,606 17,979

Bags and ropes for packing — — 31,408 — 28,464 25,011

Clothing and haberdashery — — 21,918 — 17,916 14,260

Cotton—

Raw Lbs. 239,066 3806 447,866 7883 5244

Wadding Lbs. 652,666 12,340 688,533 14,650 14,596

Dyes Lbs. 259,333 8361 327,466 13,791 8814

Flour Lbs. 1,937,066 7433 1,899,066 7860 6724

Grain and pulse Lbs. 3,998,266 9337 3,110,133 6348 14,495

Grass-cloth — — 57,310 — 53,979 46,823

Machinery — — 14,608 — 12,546 8816

Matches Gross 576,629 18,110 562,338 17,747

Mining supplies — — 46,659 — 39,267 28,859

Kerosene oil—

American Gallons 3,461,980 77,988 2,463,631 62,833 55,691[1]

Japanese Gallons 760 17 19,260 530 1873

Paper Lbs. 878,666 7654 901,733 8033 6475

Provisions — — 19,154 — 19,359 15,695

Railway plant and material — — 46,112 — 27,963 33,816

Rice Lbs. 11,447,466 40,675 10,963,200 40,924 24,348[2]

Saké and samshu — — 15,924 — 14,228 13,247

Salt Lbs. 17,491,733 7998 28,845,200 23,879 13,031

Silk piece-goods — — 86,444 — 125,381 81,911

Sugar Lbs. 2,501,600 15,039 1,992,933 12,588 10,984

Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes — — 20,273 — 17,435 14,576

Other sundries — — 188,642 — 161,838 135,910

Total — — 766,766 — 764,038 615,169

Grand total — — 1,382,351 — 1,503,265 1,238,689

  1. Highest on record. Large direct import in sailing-vessels from America.
  2. Large quantity imported from Saigon by Government to relieve national distress.