Query to find sum of grouped counts from 2 tables

I have 2 tables containing the data for same items:

STORE1
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Id    type        items
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1    FOOD        10
2    FOOD        15
3    SOAP        20

STORE2
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Id    type        items
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1    FOOD        15
3    SOAP        10
4    PAPER        25
5    SOAP        12


What I am looking for is one single query that would return me TYPE-wise
total number of items from both the tables. UNION does not help me. I
want the result as:

Type        count
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FOOD        40        //10+15+15
SOAP        42        //20+10+12
PAPER        25

Thanks in advance,
-Satish