Extracts from Ordinance No. 53 of the Department of Commerce and Industry of September 20, 1939: the Regulations Pertaining to Control of Exports to the Leased Territory of Kwantung, Manchoukuo and China
Article 1. The articles designated by the Minister of Commerce and Industry shall not be exported to the Leased Territory of Kwantung, Manchoukuo or China unless approval is obtained of the organizations designated by the Minister of Commerce and Industry (hereinafter referred to as the associations for control of exports by commodities); but this provision shall not apply to cases where approval is obtained of the Minister of Commerce and Industry by reason of special circumstances.
Article 2. The articles mentioned in the import tariff table, appended to the Import Tariff of Japan and mentioned in the table appended to the present ordinance, shall not be exported to the Leased Territory of Kwantung, Manchoukuo or China unless approval is obtained, in the case of articles exported by those who maintain offices in the districts under the jurisdictions of the organizations designated by the Minister of Commerce and Industry (hereinafter referred to as the associations for control of exports by districts), of the associations for control of exports by districts concerned, and, in the case of articles exported by others, of the Prefectural Governors who have jurisdictions over the places where they maintain offices; but this provision shall not apply to cases where approval is obtained of the Minister of Commerce and Industry by reason of special circumstances.
Article 3. The provisions of the preceding two articles shall not apply to any one of the following numbers:
1. Articles for the use of the Imperial Household. 2. Articles belonging to a foreign ruler and his family and suite, visiting Japan. 3. Articles for the personal use of foreign Ambassadors and Ministers and other envoys of similar standing accredited to Japan, and the staff of foreign Embassies or Legations or Consuls in Japan, and articles for the official use of foreign Embassies, Legations or Consulates in Japan. 4. Articles exported by governmental offices. 5. Personal effects and household articles in transit due to change of residence; and articles for ship's use. 6. Articles exported for exhibiting at an exposition.
7. Articles exported for purposes other than sale, provided that the original value of any article does not exceed one hundred yen.
Table Appended to Ordinance:
| Import Tariff Number | Name of the Article |
|---|---|
| 15 | Malt |
| 22 | Flours, Meals or groats of grains, and starches |
| 31 | Vegetables, fruits and nuts (2) Other (excluding A-4 B-4, and mandarin oranges preserved in tin) |
| 32 | Tea |
| 40 | Sugar |
| 41 | Rock candy sugar, cube sugar, loaf sugar and similar sugar |
| 45 | Confectionaries and cakes |
| 52 | Meats, poultry and game (2) Preserved in tin, bottle or jar |
| 52-2 | Fish, shellfish and mollusca (2) Preserved in tin, bottle or jar |
| 53 | Butter and margarine only |
| 54 | Cheese |
| 55 | Condensed milk |
| 60 | Mineral waters, soda water, and similar beverages, not containing sugar or alcohol |
| 67 | Soy and other seasonings |
| 107 | Fish oil and whale oil |
| 109 | Compound lard |
| 110 | Stearin |
| 111 | Olein |
| 222 | Tooth powders and toilet powders only |
| 223 | Joss sticks |
| 224 | Insect powder |
| 230 | Drugs only |
| 235 | Matches |
| 242 | Artificial indigo |
| 243 | Synthetic colours, not otherwise provided for |
| 260 | Shoe polishes |
| 261 | Pencils |
| 262 | Inks |
| 266 | Paints |
| 296 | Twines, cordages, braids, and plaited ropes, not otherwise provided for (2) Of flax, china, glass, ramie, hemp, jute or Manila hemp, pure or mixed with one another |
| 357 | Buttons, excluding those made of, or combined with, precious metals, metals coated with precious metals, precious stones, semi-precious stones, pearls, corals, elephant's ivory or tortoise shells |
| 362 | Printing paper |
| 363 | Writing paper |
| 364 | Drawing paper |
| 367 | Packing paper only |
| 368 | Cigarette paper |
| 370 | Pasteboard or cardboard |
| 372 | Imitation Japanese paper and tissue paper |
| 380 | Blank books |
| 382 | Note paper in box |
| 383 | Envelopes |
| 386 | Baryta paper, albuminized paper and sensitized papers for photograph |
| 390 | Playing cards |
| 432 | Portland cement, Roman cement, puzzolana cement, and similar hydraulic cements |
| 444 | Plate or sheet glass |
| 477 | Nails, wood screws, bolts, nuts, rivets, and the like, excluding those made of, or combined or coated with precious metals |
| Import Tariff Number | Name of the Article |
|---|---|
| (1) Iron nails | |
| 499 | Cutlery, not otherwise provided for |
| 505 | Sewing or knitting needles, and pins, excluding those for personal adornment |
| 528 | Hanging clocks only |
| 553 | Photographic instruments |
| 554 | Parts of photographic instruments |
| 610 | Bamboo |
| 612 | Wood (excluding veneer) |
| 632 | Celluloid and manufactures thereof |
| 636 | Films for photograph |
| 641 | Toys (excluding toys made of tissues) |
| 647 | Articles not otherwise provided for (2) Other (B) Cellophane only |