Appendix B Direct Foreign Trade of Korea, 1886-96

(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 of Native Goods to Foreign Countries. Total.

1886 $2,474.185 $ 504,225 $ 2,978,410

1887 2,815,441 804,996 3,620,437

1888 3,046,443 867,058 3,913,501

1889 3,377,815 1,233,841 4,611,656

1890 4,727,839 3,550,478 8,278 317

1891 5,256,468 3,366.344 8,622.812

1892 4,598,485 2,443,739 7,042,224

1893 3.880,155 1,698,116 5,578,271

1894 5,831,563 2,311,215 8,142,778

1895 8,088,213 2,481,808 10,570,021

1896 6,531,324 4,728,700 11,260,024

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

1885 119,364.41 19,602.22 2,996.90 141,963.53

1886 132,757.12 24,812.11 2,708.75 160,277.98

1887 203,271.68 40,384.52 3,045.12 246,701.32

1888 219,759.81 43,330.62 4,124.55 267,214.98

1889 213,457.49 61,835.23 4,707.04 279,999.76

1890 327,460.11 178,552.14 8,587.90 514,600.15

1891 372,022.07 168,096.36 8,940.26 549,058.69

1892 308,954.13 123,212.24 6,247.05 438,413.42

1893 262,679.28 85,720.22 5,717.16 354,116.66

1894 357,828.34 115,779.33 7,398.64 481,006.31

1895 601,588.06 124,261.22 15,448.20 741,297.48

1896 448,137.16 226,342.45 17,304.75 691,784.36

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.

Shirtings—Gray Plain Pieces 6,715 23,660 428,911 1,567,967 435,626 1,591,627

Shirtings—White ” 31 121 5,445 21,768 5,476 21,889

T-Cloths “ 1,211 2,719 1,660 4,177 2,871 6,896

Drills “ 163 634 11,583 47,998 11,746 48,632

Turkey-Red Cloths “ 1,652 3,663 7,519 17,349 9,171 21,012

Sheetings “ 30,184 115,914 14,793 58,455 44,977 174,369

Cotton Flannel “ 762 2,870 1,432 3,927 2,194 6,797

Cotton Blankets Pairs 1,625 3,883 1,625 3,883

Cotton Yarn and Thread Piculs 12,821 368,064 1,795 71,386 14,616 439,450

Value 521,528 1,793,027 2,314,555

Cotton Goods, Unclassed “ 644,671 379,319 1,023,990

Total Value 1,166,199 2,172,346 3,338,545