APPENDIX B Direct Foreign Trade of Korea, 1886-96
Reading edition
(i.e. net value of foreign goods imported in foreign, or foreign-type, vessels into the Treaty Ports, and taken cognizance of by the foreign Customs; and of native goods similarly exported and re-exported from the Treaty Ports to foreign countries.)
Year. Net imports of Foreign Goods (i.e. exclusive of Foreign Goods re-exported to Foreign Countries). Exports and Re-exports[64] of Native Goods to Foreign Countries. Total.
1886$2,474.185$ 504,225$ 2,978,410
18872,815,441804,9963,620,437
18883,046,443867,0583,913,501
18893,377,8151,233,8414,611,656
18904,727,8393,550,4788,278 317
18915,256,4683,366.3448,622.812
18924,598,4852,443,7397,042,224
18933.880,1551,698,1165,578,271
18945,831,5632,311,2158,142,778
18958,088,2132,481,80810,570,021
18966,531,3244,728,70011,260,024
Note.—The increase in the foreign trade of Korea between 1886 and 1896 may not have been so great as the above figures without explanation would imply. It is generally stated that side by side with the trade in foreign vessels at the Treaty Ports a considerable traffic has been carried on by junk between non-Treaty ports in Korea and ports in China and Japan. This junk trade was probably much larger in the earlier years of the period the figures of which are compared, and the rapid development shown in the table may be partly due to the increasing transfer of traffic from native craft to foreign-type vessels which offer greater regularity and safety and less delay.
Comparative Table of the net Dues and Duties Collected at the Three Ports for the Years 1884-96
Year. Import Duties. Export Duties. Tonnage Dues. Total.
1884$ 79,373.71$ 19,234.74$ 3,478.19$102,086.64
1885119,364.4119,602.222,996.90141,963.53
1886132,757.1224,812.112,708.75160,277.98
1887203,271.6840,384.523,045.12246,701.32
1888219,759.8143,330.624,124.55267,214.98
1889213,457.4961,835.234,707.04279,999.76
1890327,460.11178,552.148,587.90514,600.15
1891372,022.07168,096.368,940.26549,058.69
1892308,954.13123,212.246,247.05438,413.42
1893262,679.2885,720.225,717.16354,116.66
1894357,828.34115,779.337,398.64481,006.31
1895601,588.06124,261.2215,448.20741,297.48
1896448,137.16226,342.4517,304.75691,784.36
Comparative Statement of the Japanese and non-Japanese Cotton Goods Imported into Korea during the Year 1896
Description.Classification of Quantity.Japanese.Non-Japanese.Total.
Quantity.Value.Quantity.Value.Quantity.Value.
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Shirtings—Gray PlainPieces6,71523,660428,9111,567,967435,6261,591,627
Shirtings—White”311215,44521,7685,47621,889
T-Cloths“1,2112,7191,6604,1772,8716,896
Drills“16363411,58347,99811,74648,632
Turkey-Red Cloths“1,6523,6637,51917,3499,17121,012
Sheetings“30,184115,91414,79358,45544,977174,369
Cotton Flannel“7622,8701,4323,9272,1946,797
Cotton BlanketsPairs1,6253,8831,6253,883
Cotton Yarn and ThreadPiculs12,821368,0641,79571,38614,616439,450
Value521,5281,793,0272,314,555
TotalValue1,166,1992,172,3463,338,545
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