China's import tari and customs procedure formed a major subject of lscussion at the closed session of the conference of Japanese Chambers of Commerce and industry in' China Japan and Dairen, held on March 12 the Japanese Club, Boone Road.
Discussed at the public sitting were proposals by various groups almed at securing subsidies for the development of Japanese commerce along the Yangtze and suggesting a reform in the "present Japanese Exchange Control Lay, which is alleged throttle Chinese exports to Japan, Approved unanimously was the proposal to secure the passage of legislation in Japan for the subsidiz~ Ing of Japanese exports to China and 3 the creation of an exports guarantee system, Polnting out that exports of North China cotton to Japan amount to $16,000,000 a year, the delegate of the Tientsin Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry suggested the Improvement of Chinese cotton test ing facilities, Declaring that the Yokohama Specie Bank and the Bank of Taiwan were reluctant to lend Japanese traders "even ¥.1,000", the representative from Hongkong stressed the novessity the creation of an institution similar to the Hongkong. & Shanghai Banking Corporation to promote Japanese Interests in China,
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