TRADE WITH AMERICA

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 27, 13 November 1935, Page 11

TRADE WITH AMERICA

REVIEW BY THE MINISTER.

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, November. 12. Information about -New Zealand s trade with the United States for nine months of the current year was given by the Minister for Industries and Commerce (the Hon. R. Masters) in an interview to-day. The Minister said the value of our export trade with the United States for that period amounted to £2,086,353, an increase of £1,042,833 on the figure fcx the corresponding period of 1934, when the value recorded was £1,043,520. Imports from the United States had also shown an increase, but not to the same extent as the exports. Imports had expanded from £2,566,901 for the nine months ended on September 30, 1934, to £3,247,865 for the nine months ended on September 30, 1935, an increase of £680,964. The foregoing figures do not include exports to or imports from the Hawaiian islands, nor do they include re-exports of New Zealand produce from the United Kingdom to the United States. “Our export trade with the United States mainly comprises pelts, sausage casings, tallow, rabhitskins, wool, hides and skins, and during the current year butter and frozen meat,” said Mr Masters. “Items of lesser individual importance, but which in the aggregate amount to a substantial figure and which offer prospects for increased trade, are kauri gum, grass and clover seeds, and apples.”