Adverse Balance of $32,653,799 Shown in' Customs Returns: Imports Rise, Exports Almost Unchanged 'FRROM the returns fstued by the Chinese Maritime Customs for the whole of China for the month of May, it will be seen that the country faced an adverse trade balance of $32,653,799 as compared with an unfavourable balance of $29,353,509 in' April. The unfavourable balance for the five-month period from January 1 to May 31 was $93,309,887 in comparison with $100,947,500 for the same period lest year, Gross imports amounted to $10,990,636 last month as compared with $109,134,511 in April, On the exports side the figure for May was $78,365,771 in comparison with $79,815,981 in April.
The figures in abstract in the following tables make the position clear:—
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