the Year Tokyo, July 17.
The Ministry of Finance has issued the trade returns for the Japanese ade in China for the first half of the year and these show considerable reductions, Export trade to Manchuria. and Mongolia totalled jast over 6} mile lion" yen, which "was. about the me as fast year. To North China Showed an. increase, irom 36 million ven in the first half of 1981 36" nnilion for the first half of this year, In the Yangtze valley, however, trade fel! off badly, exports being just over Yen.20 millions. corupaied with Yen 2 millions last year. In South China the Japanese Export trade nearly disappeared, totalling ooky" Yen 94,000 compared with 25 million yen"in the same Per ne ear ate so Kang Tung' increased considerably but £0 Hongoms: they decreased from Yen (million last year to ¥en 6 million this yea The total drop in exports for the first half of this year compared with last amounted to Yen 20,000,- 000, Imports from China showed a decrease of Yen 38 million, Manchuria and Mongolia remained the same, From North China they decreased 10 millions, from the Yangtze valley 20 millions, from South China two rullions, Kuangtung remained about, the same and Hongkong increased a Figures just issued show that in the first ball of this year Japan's colonies had an excess of imports over exports amounting to Yen 4,280,486, showing an increase of 49,274 as compared with the corresponding period of 1931. These figures do not include the Kuantung eased "forrit "this territory showed 2 favourable balance of Yen $4,091,000, an ineveace of Yen Mongolia "remained the same, 27,213,000 compared with the first half of 1031.
According to the Ministry of Overseas Affairs, the increase in the unfavourable balance of trade for the colonies was due to depreciated exchange yates following the reimposition of the gold embargo.
Exports of Japanese cotton clot during the first half of this year totalled Yen 107,788,000, an inevease of over five million yen With the first half of last your, The concerning this trade {states that exports to Shanghai, Bankes:, Bgypt and other points of Africa declined "during the period Jencary'to June this year but this was more than offset by increased exportation to. British India, the Indies and the Reuter July 2
Japanese foreign trade continues to show a favourable balance, according to figures released to-day by the Ministry of Finance.
During the second 10 days July, Japan imported goods to the amount of Yen 22,139,000 and ex-Ported seeds totaling Yen 38,083,000 value, showing a favourable balance amounting to Yen 15,044,- 000.—United Press,
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