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The New International, February 1942

 

American-Japanese Trade

 

From New International, Vol. VIII No. 1, February 1942, p. 8.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.

 

(1) America has supplied Japan with approximately 34 per cent of its total imports.

(2) America has purchased 16 per cent to 20 per cent of Japan’s exports annually.

(3) Exports to Japan – (round figures):

 

 

1939

 

1940

Cotton

  $42,000,000

  $30,000,000

Wood Pulp

      2,000,000

      7,000,000

Oil products

    45,000,000

    55,000,000

Iron and steel

    43,000,000

    38,000,000

Scrap metal

    33,000,000

    17,000,000

Copper

    28,000,000

    25,000,000

Machinery

    25,000,000

    23,000,000

Automobiles, etc.

      6,000,000

      2,000,000

Totals

$232,000,000

$227,000,000

 
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