imports from China for the period between January and November 30 were above the figures for the same period in 1936, the Department of Commerce revealed to-day. Exports fo China for the same period, however, declined moderately, The total. volume of trade between the two nations in both directions for the whole year was believed to have exceeded that of 1996.
Exports to China for the eleven-month period in 1937 amounted ta $48,831,000 as compared with $42,- 072,000 for the corresponding months in 1936, Exports in the same period to Japan totalled $271,842,000 as compared with $187,915,000, the figure for the eleven months in 1936, Imports from China from January 1, to November 30 in 1937 showed a total of $98,624,000 compared with $69,684,000. for the corresponding period in 1936, while imports from Japan amounted to $192,363,000 as compared with, $155,293,000 for the same period in 1936.
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