ECONOMIC INFORMATION : IMPORT EXPORT TRADE TIENTSIN

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 20, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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ORIGIN
DST. 20 January 1947
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Before the outbreak of the ?acific 4.ar there aero) not very many goods irported
frorre the United States to Tientsin with the exception of Ameriona flour? kern,:,
:_ a~~e t aacef i xso and American-made automobi, lei ,, Nt that time Most woolen goods
:j}-,d, 1,1 Tient3inz were imported from England because of their superior quality
4.~eX t?~ae. per vast., I.Icst dyestuffs were shzipped to Tientsin from Germany. How?
s i.x'sce V- j Day almost th7 entire, Tientsin forueignago; goods
on of U*S ., trade in
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n'{ t l 5 ] S? . t1naric1U x o :. have a very poor r ''3utatioxi here r; Ctt Yaeso i F (_1C?x tex a
:,t =e. z~trer; c ca i?.a .?aa.n that American exporters aar a exa wore tha Japanese
of !=#P r?'t~s,~nzd supplying ?soods of
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4c en imported to Tientsin. (Canadiaan flour is be,in imported to
'ad rly larce i x~:xa'i a cries k. achy. nery and hardware have been imported in small
t S' ci;oxieaa and industries in North
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e ~,esvietc ada i,usf:ian umber and paper are expected in Tientsin soon. There is
4.at'?` _ci end: eRzv=_.nt of s>>' -a beans in the Nor'theae;t` to be exported from.
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present isezitsin also has trade with other European countries. Small
-'-wiOunr9 011 Pap9r ,nd matthes are imported from Sweden, aauter ptiriping machinery
from Holland electrical supplies. from Belgium, a .d piece goods from kyanceo
111'owever, all business bein done with these nations is on a smaall- a e.
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With regard to Tientsin's exports, except for bristles and casings, very
few things can be exported because of confused corr.iuriicaatioris and the high
^ost of materials. For insta-nc-.,. no wool, fur's, ;".a.1nt;t m-:7 't^ and a ocdc a c
exported because of poor storage, high cost of nxateraals, a .nd the high
Ia;orQrse No rs;+~a cotta can be exported from. Tientsin P;+arssu;a the ss?(.-Ila
is not ovcri self-sufficient. Egg products cannot be exported because ts"n:i tsjd
: sates oustom, tax is too high. No atrau braid is exported beeau 7_-, the
war makes the Tauterial hard to obtain from Shantung Province. Only very &- 11
quantities of Tientsin hand-.made rugs.: and carpets are shipped to the Uni. t d
:tatea) because oi: tke high cost of labor,
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