From │ 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 Australia │ 4,339,845 5,554,513 18,423 │ 143,260 185,274 721 ────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Korea │ 2,770,755 1,668,207 5,182,533 1,644,577 8,556,813 │ 72,698 71,764 132,734 43,875 237,217 ────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Great │ 457,450 Britain │ │ 15,502 ────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The United │ 2,039,371 395,009 12,370,022 1,388,372 864 States. │ │ 71,173 14,697 400,829 43,720 43 ────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Other │ 1,560 990 547 77,343 countries.│ │ 41 27 14 2,069 ════════════╪══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Total │ 4,811,686 2,064,206 22,350,397 8,587,462 8,653,443 │ 143,913 86,489 692,341 272,869 240,050 A glance at these figures will show that the import trade of wheat, like that of rice, is dependent on many fluctuating conditions at home and abroad. The poor crop in Japan caused an enormous importation of wheat in 1903 to the value of 4,767,000 _yen_. From the above table, it is seen that Korea supplied during the five years, respectively, 57.5, 80.7, 23.1, 19.1, and 98.8 per cent., in weight, of the wheat imported into Japan. As regards rice, the following table will show that in the five years between 1898 and 1902 Korea supplied, respectively, 5.5, 26.5, 49.4, 46.8, and 19.8 per cent. in weight of the cereal imported into Japan:— Rice imported into Japan, 1898–1902,[26] _picul_ = 133⅓ lbs. av. _yen_ = 49.8 cents.