April, like March showed an adverse balance of payments in the: Chinese Customs Hevenue Returns. 'The net impens for April stand at $109 miltion—the same' as March's figure: the exports show rise {rom $73. million in March to $80 million in April, but the adverse balance for the first quarter of the year Wan/~ March) has been increased by April's Felurns from $31 million to. $61 million or only $9 million Jess than the adverse balance for Jan/April 1936, 'The total imports for the first four months of the year amount 10 '$200 million as against §200 million in the same period of 1936, the exports to. $320 million as against $220. million, the increases being. thus $90 million' and $100 million respectively. The commodities chiefly accounting Imports $ ition for the increases are
Woo! and manufactures 10
Machinery" and' toots 3
Eaindles, soap" ete.
Beaks, maps, paper, ete, cee nin eect (Total: 74)
These commodities are the same as! were found to account mainly for the increases in the first three months of the year, with the exception that Chemicals, ete., appear in the import ist in place of Mise. Metal, and Yarn, lo, inthe export list, has been replaced by Ores, Metals, etc.
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