DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOREIGN TRADE OF JAPAN

From the official statistics we give a table of Japan’s foreign trade each year from 1868 to 1901, and for 1909.

	Exports. Yen.		Imports. Yen.		Total. Yen.
1868	15,553,472	870	10,693,071	790	26,246,544	660
1869	12,908,977	990	20,783,633	090	33,692,611	080
1870	14,543,012	510	33,741,637	360	48,284,649	870
1871	17,968,608	660	21,916,727	650	39,885,336	310
1872	17,026,647	220	26,174,814	930	43,201,462	150
1873	21,635,440	850	28,107,390	030	49,742,830	880
1874	19,317,306	090	23,461,814	400	42,779,120	490
1875	18,611,110	610	29,975,627	620	48,586,738	230
1876	27,711,527	500	29,964,678	960	51,676,206	460
1877	23,348,521	600	27,420,902	950	50,769,424	650
1878	25,988,140	280	32,874,834	170	58,862,974	450
1879	28,175,770	190	32,953,002	390	61,128,772	580
1880	28,395,386	660	36,626,601	000	65,021,987	660
1881	31,058,887	930	31,191,246	020	62,250,133	950
1882	37,721,750	570	29,446,593	980	67,168,344	550
1883	36,268,019	590	28,444,841	780	64,712,861	370
1884	33,871,465	500	29,672,647	450	63,544,112	950
1885	37,146,691	430	29,356,967	920	66,503,659	350
1886	48,876,312	790	32,168,432	260	81,044,745	050
1887	52,407,681	150	44,304,251	690	96,711,932	840
1888	65,705,510	210	65,455,234	010	131,160,744	220
1889	70,060,705	820	66,103,766	600	136,164,472	420
1890	56,603,506	030	81,728,580	500	138,332,086	530
1891	79,527,272	340	62,927,268	380	142,454,540	720
1892	91,102,753	630	71,326,079	500	162,428,833	130
1893	89,712,864	590	88,257,171	710	177,970,036	300
1894	113,246,086	150	117,481,955	460	230,728,041	610
1895	136,112,177	920	129,260,578	280	265,372,756	200
1896	177,842,700	620	171,674,474	250	289,517,234	870
1897	163,135,077	320	219,300,771	640	382,435,848	960
1898	165,753,752	880	277,502,156	510	443,255,909	390
1899	214,929,894	310	220,401,925	990	435,331,820	300
1900	204,429,998	980	287,261,845	680	491,691,839	560
1901	252,349,542	100	255,816,644	700	508,166,187	800
1909	413,112,511	..	394,198,843	..	807,311,354
	Imports Compared with Exports.
	Increase. Yen.		Decrease. Yen.
1868	.......	..	4,860,401	080
1869	7,874,655
1870	19,198,624	850
1871	3,948,118	990
1872	9,148,167	710
1873	6,471,949	180
1874	4,144,508	310
1875	11,364,517	010
1876	.......	..	3,746,848	540
1877	4,072,381	850
1878	6,886,693	890
1879	4,777,232	200
1880	8,231,214	340
1881	132,358	090
1882	......	..	8,275,156	590
1883	......	..	7,823,177	810
1884	......	..	4,198,818	050
1885	......	..	7,789,723	510
1886	......	..	16,707,880	530
1887	......	..	8,103,429	460
1888	......	..	250,276	200
1889	......	..	3,966,939	220
1890	25,125,074	470
1891	......	..	16,600,003	960
1892	......	..	19,776,674	130
1893	......	..	1,455,692	880
1894	4,235,869	310
1895	......	..	6,851,599	640
1896	53,831,713	680
1897	56,165,694	320
1898	111,748,403	630
1899	5,472,031	680
1900	82,831,851	600
1901	3,467,101	600
=1909=