Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s1.56

v1.c5.s1.56

In the second half of the 19ᵗʰ century, manufactured cotton yarn, the product of India’s earliest modern industry, the textile industry, started to become the main product exported to China by India. During 1872~1873, the total volume of export of Indian cotton yarn was 1.8 million pounds, of which 1.2 million pounds were exported to China. After that, the volume of exports of Indian cotton yarn increased year by year. While from 1874~1879, the average annual exports were about 9 million pounds, by 1894~1899, it was 180.9 million pounds. At first, Indian cotton yarn was mainly sold in Shantou and Guangzhou, and then it gradually extended to east China, central China, north China, northeast China and southwest China. It was not until 1914~1915 that the volume of export of Indian cotton yarn to China decreased to 134 million pounds due to its displacement by Japanese cotton yarn.