Tokyo, Feb. 10.
AntiJapanese boycotts in the Democratic nations, and poor business conditions in some nations who ordinarily are large purchasers of Japanese goods, resulted in a 27 per cent. decline in the number of trade inquiries received by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry from abroad in 1938, it was announced today. ies The total number of inquiries re> ceived was 6,036, most of these coming from Germany and Italy who were the only nations to show an increase in the number of queries Compared with 1937 records.
The report said that inquiries had fallen off sharply from countries "within the British, American and French spheres of influence." Brazil, the report said, also was among the "friendly" nations which increased their number of inquiries.—United Press.
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