Tokyo, Feb. 3.
Returns of the Federation of Spinners Associations which have just bren made public show that exports of cotton goods abroad have brought to Japan a gratifying balance of 119 million yens in the year 1939.
During the said year, Japan has exported to foreign countries outside the yen-block Y 383,155,000 worth of cotton textiles, a figure which exceeds the amount estimated in the material mobilization plan. Adding cotton yarn and miscellaneous cotton goods, the total amount of cotton textiles sold to third countries is valued at a figure well over 500 million yens, which is an' increase of more than 80 millions over the previous year.
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