INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 307, 28 December 1929, Page 4

INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

EXPORT FIGURES COMPARED. UNCLE SAM MOVES UP. UNITED KINGDOM SECOND. « The following interesting facts and figures relative to the trade of the principal countries of the world are obtained from the condensed preliminary report on the trade of Canada, 1929, published by the Department of Trade and Commerce, Canada. In 1913 the United Kingdom occupied first-place in aggregate external trade, Germany occupied second position, and the United States third. In 1925, however, the United States had moved into first position, the United Kingdom into second, and Germany into third. New Zealand L'eing both a young and a small country is naturally well down in the list of the principal countries of the worM given below, occupying twentieth position in 1913 and nineteenth position in 1928. The figures are in millions of dollars, and the countries are arranged in order of importance of trade in 1928, the order in 1913 being indicated in the extreme left-hand column. COMPARISON OF THE AGGREGATE EXTERNAL TRADE OF THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. CALENDAR YEARS 1913 AND 1928. Aggregate Foreign Trade Rank. Countries, (in millions dol.) 1913. 1928. 1913 - 1928>

3 1 XT. States ...... 4205 9022 1 2 U. Kingdom .... 5764 8760 2 3 Germany 4966 607o 4 4 France ........ 2953 4108 9 5 Canada 1095 2548 7 6 British India .. 1376 -1-1 o i Italy 1188 1919 5 8 Netherlands .... 2814 1880 12 9 Japan 677 1680 J.0 10 Argentina 87- 1862 6 11 Belgium 1596 1720 11 12 -Australia* ••••♦ • 725 1310 14 13 Switzerland .... 636 940 13 14 Brazil 641 921 16 15 Sweden 446 679 17 16 Denmark ...... 15 17 Spain (1927)... 456 762 18 18 British S. Africa. 330 7o4 20 19 New Zealand ... -06 477 19 20 Norway