TRADE OF AUSTRALIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 134, 8 June 1926, Page 4

TRADE OF AUSTRALIA.

j Tbe trade of the Common-wealth show 3 . practically tne same variations as the , trade of New Zealand. Tor there is a • substantial contraction tn the exportFor tbe nine month 3 ended March 31 last, the exports and imports were as , follow: — 1924-25. 1925-26. i £ £ i Exports 126,143,733 117.013~,520 Imports 117,420,305 116,185,100 i Excess or exports 8,723,428 828,420 , The export 3 decreased by £9,130,213, and ' the imports decreased by £1,335,205. Tbe contraction In the exports is relatively small compared with the same i movement in New Zealand, although in ■ both countries it may have been i taat tne same products were affected, such as wool and meat. Australia, however, has a variety of products, for t&ere is wheat, wine, sugar, dried fruits, and manufactures al3o, which have not all suffered. New South Wales and Victoria show excess of imports, but all the other , State and the Northern Territory had .in excess of exports over imports. The exports from New South Wale 3 amounted to £41,209,413, and the imports to £48.739 - 250, and rnnn Victoria tne exports were «26,814,494 ana tne Imports £38,791,350.