Staple produce carried over the Tumen-Chiamussu and the Hsinking-Tumen Lines to the North Chosen ports reached 300,814 tons. between April 1, 1996, to January 20 this year, only 86,000 tons less than the estimated, 400,000 tons for the business year starting April 1, 1996 and ending on March 31, 1037, Judging from the current daily preduse shipment, amounting to 3,000 carloads, total traffic may exceed by '300,000 tons the estimated amount by the end of March.
Goods shipped to the North Chosen ports by way of Tumen in ten months from April last year to January this year amounted to 423,796 tons, of which 257,848 tons were shipped over the Hsinking-Tumen Line and 165,951 tons over the Tumen-Chiamussu Line, showing an increase of 57425 tons a5 compared with the corresponding; period in 1035/3 Goods shipped to the Hsinking-'Tomen. and the Tumen-Chiamussu Lines from the North Chosen ports by way of Tumen in the same period reached 108,726 tons, of which 35,913 tons were carried by the former line and 72,813 tons by the latter, a joint decrease of 35,067 tons as against the previous term.
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