Excerpt from Supplement to Commerce Reports: Daily Consular and Trade Reports Issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C.; June 6, 1918 Hongkong, the distributing point for the South China trade, sup plies more than 50 per cent of the foreign goods imported into Amoy. 'japan enjoys a direct trade via Taiwan (formosa), furnishing about 34 per cent of the foreign imports into the Amoy district. Exports of native goods are sent principally to foreign countries where there are large Amoy Chinese populations, the Straits Settle ments and Singapore taking more than 40 per cent, Hongkong, about 20 per cent for redistribution, and the Dutch Indies a large share of the remainder. Japan and the Philippine Islands each take less than 10 per cent. The United States is credited with direct imports valued at This item represents kerosene and petroleum products almost entirely. Direct exports to the United States are given as $30; but the declared, export returns 'of the consulate show that nare cissus bulbs to the value of were sent to the United States from Amoy in 1917, being shipped via Hongkong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.