Hankow For the third year in succession. and likewise the third year of Japanese "occupation." North China has had an unfavourable trade balance. Her import excess has increased each year until that for 1940 was greater than the total trade of "939. Last year the imports of North China were three times as great in value as the exports of the region states the "Christian Science Monitor."
As against imports valued at 985.000.000 local dollars, North China's exports for 1940 amounted to only 327,000,000. In terms of local currency both imports and exports in 1940 were much greater than those for the previous year—imports increasing from 575000000 to 985.-
990.000 local dollars, and exports from 200.000.000 to 327,000.000 local dollars.
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