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Soy Sauce Export to the Netherlands
According to the Nagasaki Trading Firm Journal, it was from 1737 to 1760 that soy sauce was exported to the Netherlands as motokata nimotsu (official trade freight).

During these 24 years, approximately 46 kilolitres of soy sauce were exported to Batavia HQ, and 15.6 kilolitres (about 1/3 of the total amount) were transferred to the Netherlands. This means that the annual average of soy sauce export (except 1742 and 1743) amounted to 707 litres. In addition, a substantial amount of soy sauce was presumably exported to the Netherlands as waki nimotsu (private trade freight).

Year From Nagasaki to Batavia From Batavia to Holland
Number of barrels Amount (L) Number of barrels Amount (L)
1737
(QN)
VT Q,PWR RT P,OPX
1738
(@RN)
Unknown \@ Unknown \@
1739
(@SN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1740
(@TN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1741
(یN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1742
(@QN)
TR P,TSR Not reshipped \@
1743
(@RN)
Not export \@ Not reshipped \@
1744
(N)
UO P,VSV QT VQW
1745
(@QN)
VQ Q,OXU QT VQW
1746
(@RN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1747
(@SN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1748
(N)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1749
(@QN)
VO Q,ORW QT VQW
1750
(@RN)
VO Q,ORW QT VQW
1751
(N)
VO Q,ORW QT VQW
1752
(@QN)
VO Q,ORW QT VQW
1753
(@RN)
VO Q,ORW QT VQW
1754
(@SN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1755
(@TN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1756
(@UN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1757
(@VN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1758
(@WN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1759
(@XN)
VT Q,PWR QT VQW
1760
(@10N)
VO Q,ORW QT VQW
Total P,TWO ST,XWT TRT PT,TVP
Excerpt from "Soy Sauce Export in the Edo Period" by Teijiro Yamawaki
The export amount was calculated based on the capacity of the large barrel (29.104L).


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