The Archive · 1938

Japanese Trade

Shanghai, Nov. 17.

Within the Inst two months, there has been a considerable volume of! import and export trade with Kowan, steamers, tugs, lighters and lorchas boeing used. Cargo has been taken to Kowan for distribution throughout the North Yangtze hinterland and the vessels have left for Shanghai and other ports with cargoes of Chinese produce. 7 Taking the period of a single month's operations from the middle of October until to date, a score of vessels, all of them towing lighters and junks, have been reported at Kowan, leaving with full cargoes after two or three days in port. Some of the shipments on October were:

Ebest. Maru, towing one lighter. with an import caro of 1,200 packages of piece foods, tobacco - leaf. paper, sugar and sea products, Left with export cargo of 2,000 packages Including wheat, eggs, sesamum seed and tins of of, Hwantung, towing one lighter. with an import caro of 2.000 units of Kerosene, and, packages of sundries. eft with nearly 6000 packages of wheat, albumen, yolk and dried'

Shunhang, towing two lighters. with import cargo of 4.000 packages fof sugar, piece goods, soda ash, sea products and paper. left with export cargo of 3500 packages of sesamum seed, eggs, albumen. and wheat.

Shipments This Some November shipments accoriling to. information available alone the Shanghai waterfront were.

Fumi Maru, towing one lorcha. with import cargo of 2500 packages of cotton yarn, sugar, piece goods, Paper

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