Restrictive Barriers Not Yet Wholly Effective Tokyo, July 24.
Supan's foreign trade this year has digelosed extraordinarily favourable conditions, Up to the first ten days fof July from January 1, oral exports amounted to ¥1,054,000,000 and Imports to Y1,208,000,000 show ing excess Imporis of 'Y134,000,000, Compared with the figures fort corresponding period lust year, ex ports increased by Y181,000,000 and Imports by ¥144,000,000, excess ime pitts decreasing by -¥26,600,000.
noticeable that the export ct cotton and rayon textiles and sad. foods has markedly {zcased, cota tezliles creating a new second.
Raw silk, once Japan's leading export, decreased by 15 per cent, comppared with last year, on account the depression in America and the competition of rayon.
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