Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-16
OUR TRADE WITH CHIN A
GREAT INCREASE SHOWN FROM
1880 TO 1908.
Great Britain, India and Japan Our
Chief Rivals-Table of I'm
ports by Decades.

The recent completion of new treaty of
commerce between the United States and
China lends interest to some figures pre-
scented by the Department of Commerce
and Labor, through its bureau of statistics
regarding trade of the United States with
that country. These figures show very
rapid growth in the exports from the United
States to China, and also rapid growth In
the percentage which merchandise from
the United States formed of the goods i'm
ported into that country.
In 1870 merchandise imported into China
from the United States amounted to 1916
GOD Halkwan taels in value, out of total
importation of 69995090 Haikwan taels.
In 1880 the value of imports from the
United States was 3,31J. 900 Haikwan taels,
out of total importation of 50 407, 600
Haikwan taels. In 1895 merchandise from
the United States amounted to 1898 900
Halkwan taels, out of total importation
of 1t9,94I,000 Hakwan taels in value In
1850 the merchandise from the United
states to China amounted to 16 "a coo
Haikwan taels out of a total of 2l1 OIo go
HaIkwan taels in value and in 1902 30 49,
i13 Haikwan taels in value from the United
states out of a total importation of 315.-
363,9Oo Haikwan taels. Thus in 1873 the
snare from the United States was less than
: per cent of the total imports into China
and in 1902 practically 10 per cent of the
total imports. The above figures are from
the official reports of the Chinese govern
ment.
Advance in Twenty-Three Years.
Iaklng our own figures of commerce
with China, the growth in exports to that
country has been from s110l. 1888 in 1880 to
s29462o9 in 1880, s15 259167 in 1890 and
Sls,GG$,:69 in 1903. The figures prior to
he oiy in,
because prior to that time gold and silver
were included in the statement of exports
TO ChlEa, and as the shipments of silver to
China were frequently large. the figures if
quoted would be misleading, far re-
l&teS to commerce in merchandise
In 1892 the United States occupied fourth
place in the list of countries from which
China drew its imports. The total from
the United States in that year was as
already indicated 30. 1873 7l3 Haikwan taels:
from Great Britain, 51,624 61o Haikwan
taels: India, 3,o37. 439 Haikwan taels. and
from Japan, 3olt22S3 Haikwan taels.
Our Chief Rivals.
Great Britain, India, Japan and the
United States are the chief rivals in the
import trade of China. The imports from
Great Britain increased from IS 500 900
Haikwan taels in 1892 to 57.G2461o Haik-
wan taels in 1902. From India the increase
was from 1861 900 Haikwan taels in 1892
to 83,oS1 ,429 Haikwan taels in 1892. From
Japan the increase was from 6. 1U2 900
Haikwan taels in 1892 to 35.342. 2S3 Haik-
wan taelS in 1902. From the United States
the increase was from 6.G32 .o0J Haikwan
taels in 1892 to 3o,13S, 713 Haikwan taels in
1902
II is proper to add that the average
value of the Haikwan tael in 1902 is given
by the Chinese report at 63 cents, Amer-
gold.
The following table shows the value of
imports of merchandise into China and Of
exports of merchandise from the United
States to China in quinquennal years
frcm 1880 to 1909, and annually thereafter: