IMPORTED AND EXPORTED RICE [XXIV].  “Good rice” is imported from Korea and Formosa.  The objection is to “Rangoon” rice.  But most of the imported rice does not come from Rangoon but from Saigon.  The figures for 1919 were in yen:  China, 283,011; British India, 1,012,979; Kwantung, 15,053,977; Siam, 29,367,430; French Indo-China, 116,313,525; other countries, 39,918; total, 162,070,840.  The exports in 1919 were in yen:  China, 1,354; Australia, 6,570; Asiatic Russia, 165,463; Kwantung, 213,633; British America, 356,600; United States, 476,756; Hawaii, 3,046,598; other countries, 60,707—­all obviously in the main for Japanese consumption.  The total imports and exports were in koku and yen over a period of years: 

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|       Imports         |       Exports         |
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|  Koku   |Value (yen)|  Koku   |Value (yen)|
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1909 | 1,325,243 | 13,585,817|  422,513  | 5,867,290 |
1910 |   918,627 |  8,644,439|  429,251  | 5,900,477 |
1911 | 1,719,566 | 11,721,085|  216,198  | 3,940,541 |
1912 | 2,234,437 | 30,193,481|  208,423  | 4,367,824 |
1913 | 3,637,269 | 48,472,304|  204,002  | 4,372,979 |
1914 | 2,022,644 | 24,823,933|  260,738  | 4,974,108 |
1915 |   457,606 |  4,886,125|  662,629  | 9,676,969 |
1916 |   309,158 |  3,087,616|  686,479  |11,197,356 |
1917 |   564,376 |  6,513,373|  769,129  |14,662,546 |
1918 | 4,647,168 | 89,755,678|  264,565  | 8,321,965 |
1919 | 4,642,382 |162,070,840|   95,219  | 4,327,690 |
1920 |   471,083 | 18,059,194|  116,249  | 5,897,675 |
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The twenty-five years’ average (1888-1912) of
excess of import over export was 1,339,493 koku. 
See also Appendix XXVIII.
INCREASE OF RICE YIELD AND OF POPULATION [XXV].
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|           |           |Percentage |           | Percentage
|    1882   |   1913    |   of      |   1918    |    of
|           |           |Increase   |           |Increase[*]
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Population |36,700,000 |53,362,000 |   45      |66,851,000 |    55
Rice crop  |30,692,000 |50,222,000 |   63      |53,893,000 |    75
(koku) |           |           |           |           |
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* 1882-1918.  The degree to which the increase
in production will be maintained is of course a matter
for discussion.  As far as rice is concerned,
it must be borne in mind that there is an increasing
consumption per head.