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Hard coal and brown coal production in selected Asian countries from 1900 to 1945 (in 1,000s of metric tons)

Characteristic	China	India	Indonesia	Japan	Korea
1945	26,285	29,635	457	31,523	-
1944	51,027	26,546	100	55,249	7,049
1943	50,459	25,921	69	58,376	6,588
1942	58,374	29,905	82	55,147	6,847
1941	55,243	29,937	2,080	56,806	6,158
1940	44,334	29,860	2,101	56,587	5,741
1939	34,688	28,215	1,856	51,304	4,239
1938	28,749	28,798	1,457	48,826	3,419
1937	37,230	25,438	1,373	45,379	2,431
1936	39,900	22,974	1,147	41,913	2,282
1935	36,090	23,386	1,111	37,870	1,949
1934	32,720	22,411	1,033	36,050	1,689
1933	28,380	20,107	1,035	32,640	1,307
1932	26,380	20,477	1,050	28,161	1,104
1931	27,240	22,065	1,404	28,105	936
1930	26,040	24,185	1,871	31,505	884
1929	25,440	23,795	1,832	34,397	938
1928	25,090	22,905	1,704	34,008	816
1927	24,170	22,435	1,620	33,710	710
1926	23,040	21,335	1,466	31,588	683
1925	24,260	21,239	1,401	31,628	622
1924	25,780	21,512	1,470	30,288	399
1923	24,550	19,970	1,157	29,100	380
1922	21,140	19,315	1,041	27,868	317
1921	20,510	19,611	1,212	26,221	311
1920	21,320	18,250	1,096	29,245	289
1919	20,150	27,991	949	31,271	223
1918	18,430	21,055	858	28,029	188
1917	16,980	18,505	796	26,361	-
1916	15,980	17,531	751	22,902	191
1915	13,500	17,379	628	20,491	229
1914	14,180	16,728	619	22,293	183
1913	12,880	16,468	568	21,316	128
1912	9,070	14,947	609	19,640	110
1911	-	12,924	603	17,633	88
1910	-	12,241	543	15,681	74
1909	-	12,061	494	15,048	60
1908	-	12,975	428	14,825	-
1907	-	11,326	402	13,804	-
1906	9,033	9,940	372	12,980	-
1905	1,213	8,553	305	11,542	6
1904	1,103	8,348	231	10,724	-
1903	1,036	7,557	211	10,088	-
1902	-	7,543	192	9,702	-
1901	-	6,742	205	8,946	-
1900	-	6,217	203	7,429	-

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December 1982

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China, India, Japan, South Korea

Survey time period

1900 to 1945

Supplementary notes

Figures are for the combined totals of hard coal and brown coal production. The source gives separate figures for both types for Japan and Indonesia, which have been combined in these entries.

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Throughout the early 20^th century, China, India, and Japan were the three largest coal producers in Asia. Japan had the highest output in all years before the Second World War, and Japan's invasions of China in the 1930s was partly due to its desire to gain access to China's coal resources (there is an observable drop in China's output following the 1937 invasion).
India, on the other hand, was a part of the British Empire during this period, and coal production went largely uninterrupted by the war. Unlike many other European colonies or Indian industries, much of India's coal industry was in the hands of Indian owners, which supplied both international markets and domestic development, and contributed to the growth of the Indian upper classes.