Tokyo, June -1
Japan's foreign trade from Januar; to May resulted in an adverse balance of YjSLll3 /Compared to Y.598453 in the same period last in year, Imports from January to May totalled—Yj,219.950 compared to Y.1845,300 in the, same period of 1937, while exports were valued at Y.1,068,846 against ¥.1.306,913 last year, The Japanese import season ends in June, while the export seas begins in July, Financial observers therefore believe the adverse balance for the first half of this year will be only about Y,200,000,000. An adverse balance of Y45.000000 is expected for June, compared with one of Y.818000000 in the corresponding period of 1937. The all und decrease resulted from the control of foreign trade.—Domei.
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