The Change in International Order of Asia in the 1930s: the case of the sugar market

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870754
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa; Economic history
• Research Institution: Konan University
• Principal Investigator: Hirai Kensuke 甲南大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (60439221)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 1930年代 / 東アジア / 中国 / 砂糖

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to clarify the change in intra-Asian trade order in the 1930s. Previous research pointed out that the free trade system in Asia was collapsed by the formation of the block economy or that of national economy in China. This research reconsidered this process by examining that how merchants, such as Japanese trading companies, European trading companies and Chinese overseas, dealt with the formation of national economy in China, focusing on the tariff policy and monopoly plan of sugar.This research revealed that the formation of national economy in China carried out smuggling and "special trade", so that it could not easily develop.

Free Research Field

アジア経済史