Sugar and silk (rayon probably included in this' classification, though not specifically mentioned) stand out 8 any revelation would in an offeial release, Remembering that they are not produced locally and that Mans choukuo depends on Japan for these modities, the following totals, pecially for exports, would seem 10 warrant more publicity than merely to be quoted among a whole list of other figures:
For the four months from January to April inclusive, the Kwantung Leased Territory imported ¥.10,853, (000 worth of sugar. Exports, undoubt tedly re-exports, totalled ¥.5,220,000, nearly half the imported amount, Th heaviest transactions were done in April when ¥4,010,000 worth of sugar was imported and ¥.3,318,000 worth exported, leaving only' ¥.692,000 worth for local' consumption and storage, Sille Is classified as including "Taw, and threads" No mention is made of Fayon In either the import or export columns, so that the natural sugtion is that it Is included in the fenerie category of "silk.
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