As a result of official encouragement by the Chinese Government which has tried to adapt itself to the present European conflict, Chinese merchants have been exporting naive goods to the Usited States so extensively that during the past month exports io tnat country has topped the figures of exports to all other countries, Chinese reports state. China's export trade with the United States has enjoyed a sudden boom as Chinese authorities have readjusted the international trade situation in regard to the European situation.
Export trade with the United States has steadily increased as a result of the new policy carried out by the Foreign Trade Committee. In Jan ary of this year, the export figure was $9,228,019 but since then the same figure has shown an increase, the reports indicate. The August ex-Port trade figure is stated to be $19,- 624,501 but during the last month (September) the same figure reached the $20,000,000 mark. The exports from Hongkong alone amounted to $5,000,000 and the President Liners have always been busy shipping Chinese goods to America.
It is pointed out however, that the American trade with Chinese has also been increased. American cotton, metal and mineral goods, machinery, trucks, wheat and flour, fruit and tobacco have been shipped to this country ili large quantities. From January to August of this year, the United States exported $149,956,000 worth of goods to this country showing an increase of $41,670,000 as compared with the figure for the corr Ponding period of the previous year. British, French and German trade with China has been hard hit by the European conflict giving a chance to the American export trade to develop, it is stated.
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