The Chinese Maritime Customs have issued the trade returns for Shanghai for the April-June quarter of the present year. These returns are of so readily capable of analysis as are several others produced by the Customs, but their value to the merchant is none the less great.
The first part of the report gives the net imports showing comparisons with the previous quarter and also a comparative statenient for the half year. These parallel columns give an excellent idea of how trade in particular commodities has revived, and if we take a common article of import such as English Plain grey shirtings we see this exemplified. For the April-
Indian cotton yarn shows a decrease, having fallen from 56,113 piculs in the 1919 quarter to 13,008 Piculs this year. Japanese yarn, however, shows a slight increase, while cotton thread on spools a very great increase—from 69% Bros to 76,540, Tea, Sirk axp Eaos.
Interesting items among the exports for the April-June quarter include eggs. Under the title of fresh eggs the number exported in April-June, 1919, Was 28,449,464 against 45,253,330 in 1920. Preserved eggs also showed an increase.
Two special tables are given with reference to tea and silk. As regards tea the following totals of exports, including re-exports, are shown in piculs: black, 12,357; green, 34,035: brick (black) 803; brick (green), 216; leaf 32,604; dust 3,675; stalk, 2,034, The total for the quarter of yel-
June quarter of this year the im-j lew and white raw silk exports is Torts Were 151,242" pieces, as {shown as 7,765.30 piculs, and for against 148, 064 pieces in the same the half year as 23,539.21. A further table gives the total for wild
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