Tokyo, May 31.
The French Commercial Attache has notified the Japanese Government. of the French Government's decision to include Morocco in the French decree, published: on May 3, banrüng imports into France proper and French colonies of Japanese goods, with the exception of raw silk and camphor, without certificates of Origin issued by French Consuls om the Commercial Attache in Japan.
Hitherto, Morocco has been excluded from the colonies affected.
The notification is drawing considerable attention here to the fact that the French Government is extending the application of its decree to Morocco despite the Argeles Agreement, In this connection, the French consular authorities in Kobe say that the French decision will not have much effect on Japan's exports to Morocco, in view of the fact that the French consular authorities in Japan have always willingly given certificates of origin to Japanese goods exportable to French colonies.
Cotton spinning industrialists in Osaka are optimistic regarding the future of Franco-Japanese trade relations, believing that the French consular authorities in Japan will show a friendly attitude in giving certificates of origin to Japanese cotton textiles exportable to Morocco.
According to trade returns for 1938, Japan, exported Y.137,780,000 worth of cotton goods to Morocco, which was 75 per cent. of Japan's total trade with Morocco,—Reuter.
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