Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-14
CHINA IS BUYING
LESS IN EUROPE
Commercial independence of the
Orient Is Shown by Report
of Chinese Trade
AMERICAS SALES DECREASING
Big Gains Are Made in Imports
from French Indo-
China
AMERICAS SALES DECREASING
Especial to The Herald)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The grow
ing commercial interdependence of orl-
entail countries as against their former
dependence upon the occident is again
illustrated by the latest figures of the
foreign commerce of China, which have
just reached the bureau of statistics
of the department of commerce and
labor.
This statement, Report on the For
eign Trade of China" an official report
of the Chinese government, shows
large increases in her imports from
oriental countries and from Russia,
the single great European nation whose
territory borders on that of China,
while in most cases her imports from
occidental countries show a decline.
Her imports from India, for example,
show an increase in 1909 of 33 per cent
in value over those of 1908, those from
French Indo-China an increase Of more
than 100 per cent, from Japan an in
crease of IA per cent, Siam an in
crease of 80 per cent, Korea an in
crease of SO per cent, from the Dutch
East Indies and Hongkong each a
slight increase and from Russia as a
whole an increase of rs per cent. On
the other hand the imports from Great
Britain, China's chief European source
of supplies, show a decline of per
Austria Hungary also a slight decline,
and those from the United States a
decline of 21 per cent.
While Germany, Netherlands and
Belgium show e slight increase the
total from all Europe except Russia
decreased about three-quarters of a
million haikwan taels in 1909 below
that of 1908.
From the United States and Canada
there was a decrease of $4,000 taels,
imports from the United States alone
having fallen from 41245, 704 haikwan
taels in 1908 to 32,606,549 taels in 1909,
a decrease of 81 per cent, against a
fall of per cent in the imports from
Great Britain, SA per cent in the i'm
ports from Italy, per cent in the i'm
ports from France, an increase of 8
per cent in the imports from Germany
and an increase of 30 per cent In the
imports from Belgium.
The largest actual gains in the i'm
ports into China are in merchandise
coming from India, Japan, Russia,
French Indo-China and Singapore. The
imports from India, which amounted to
3O,49S,S55 haikwan taels in 1908, were
40, 433, ,S2S taels in 1909; those from
Japan, 52,5O0,960 taels in 1908 and 3d.
975,137 taels in 1909; from French Indo-
China, 1857, ,199 taels in 1908 and 6,044,-
872 taels in 1909; from Singapore, s.
taels in 1909. The imports from Rus
sia, which show a gain of rs per cent,
enter China chiefly by the land from
tier and by water from the Pacific
ports.
The value of the imports from Rus
sia and Siberia by qand frontier grew
from 3,033 asa haikwan taels in 1908 to
6,121,316 taels in 1909, and from the
Russian Pacific ports from 5,4S7, ,256
haikwan taels in 1908 to S.S55,875 taels
in 1909. From the European ports of
Russia the imports into China are of
very small value, 131,795 taels in 1908
and 25S,602 taels in 1909, the bulk of
the imports from Russia thus coming
by land frontier and via Pacific ports.
The figures in question show larger
fall in the imports from the United
States than from any other of the i'm
portant countries of the world. The
imports from the United States, as al
ready indicated. fell from 41,245,704
hailxwan taels in 1908 to go, ,606, $40 taels
in 19O9 those from Great Bristain from
1850, 900 taels in 1908 to 68,229,7S8 taels
in 1909 while those from the conti-
nent of Europe, except Russia, in
creased from 28,244,436 taels in 1908 to
81, ,951, ,798 taels in 1909; those from Rus
sia from S,652,505 taels in 1908 to TO-
415,020 taels in 1909; those from Japan
from 52500,96 taels in 1908 to 59,975, 1877
taels in 1909; those from India from 3d.
498,855 taels in 1908 to 40, 1923 taels in
1909; from the other Oriental countries
and ports, French Indo- China, Siam.
Korea, Hongkong, Singapore and the
Dutch East Indies the figures of 1909
show in each case an increase over
those of 1908 From Australia the inn
ports show a steady decline, having
been in 1905, 1.53S,747 in 1906, S4,207;
in 1908, 796,5O6, and in 1909, 625,S7O haiz-
wan taels. The total imports from all
couitries increased from 409 SOD, ,653
taels in 1908 to 43O 04S,6O6 taels in 1909
The average value of the haikWan
taels was in 1909 about 63 cents and
in 1908, 65 cents.