This document addresses the trade of Japan Proper (including Karafuto) with foreign countries. This includes import and export trade, trade by geographic areas and leading countries, and wartime overseas trade. Second is the trade of Japan Proper with the colonies- Korea and Taiwan. Balance of payments- Japanese Empire, and the tariff system (laws, duties, administration, customs procedure and regulations, packing/invoicing, pure food and drug regulations, and plant quarantine import restrictions) are discussed. The final three topics include government encouragement and control of trade, tariffs and trade control in Korea, and tariffs and trade controls in Taiwan.

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