BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 164, 13 July 1928, Page 4

BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE.

JUNE A BUSY MONTH

HALF YEAR'S FIGURES (Australian and X.Z. Press Association.) (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 12. The Board of Trade's returns for June last as compared with those of June, 1927, are as follow: —

Imports have increased £24,000. exports £3,491,000, re-exports, £855,000. The principal increases are:—lmports: Raw cotton. £1.93,.000. Exports: Machinery, £1,164.000: vehicles, £875,000. Decreases: — Imports: Grain and Hour. £2,514,000: iron and steel manufactures thereof, £773.000. Exports: Coal, £452-000; cotton and varns manufactures. £500,000. Increase in imports: Hides and skins. £659,000. Decreases in imports: Haw wool, £897.000: rubber, £959,000. June Figures. Following shows the returns for the month of June in recent years: — 1926. 1927. 1928. £ £ £ Imps. 97,502.000 09.296.000 99,320,000 Exps. 50.107.000 55,982,000 59,473,000 Re-ex. 10,753,000 10,616,000 11,471,000 Totals 158,3612,000 165,894,000 170,264,000 Six Months' Returns. Following shows the returns for the first six months' trading in recent years:— 1926 1927. 1928. £ £ £ Imp. 601,321,000 617.405.000 605.478,000 Exp. 338,082,000 242,338,000 355,231,000 Re-e. 65,662,000 66,219,000 66,553,000 1,005,065,000 1,025,962,000 1,027,262,000 The above figures indicate that June haa been a particularly busy month for British manufacturers, as both exports and re-exports show definite increases. There has been a decrease in imports of iron and steel manufactures with a substantial increase in the exports of machinery and kindred lines. The half-year's totals, too, are the biggest in recent periods.