BRITISH TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1935, Page 11

BRITISH TRADE.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS SEPTEMBER A BUSY MONTH. YEAR'S PROGRESS TO DATE. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Kecpivea 11 a.m.) LONDON, October 14. Tho British Board of Trade reports overseas trade for August as follows: — Imports, ,CG0,530,000; exports, £34,008,000; re.-exports, £3,810,000. Principal Increases.—imports: Dairy produce, £1,322,000; fresh fruit and vegetables, £937,000; tobacco, £1,030,000; wool, £473,000; non-ferrous metals and manufactures, £837,000; oils, fats and resins, £515,000. Exports: Machinery, £420,000; miscellaneous manufactured articles, £261,000. Decreases. —Imports: Grain and flour, £1,217,000; other food, £954,000; wood and timber, £523,000; raw cotton, £453,000; rubber, £473,000. Exports: Coal, £419,000; iron and steel manufaptures thereof, £221,000; cotton and yarns manufactures, £327,000. September in Late Years. (In Million Pounds.) 1932. 1033. 1034. 1035. Imports G4.3 57.8 57.7 GO.B Exports 32.2 34.0 34.1 Ke-exports .. . 2.0 3.4 3.2 3.8 Totals 83.4 03.4 04.9 08.7 Excess of imports over total exports 25.2 22.2 20.5 22.0 Nino Months- Compared.(In Million Pounds.) 1032. 1033. 1034. 1035. Imports 510.8 480.5 538.8 532.5 Exports 271.U 2U8.1 288.8 811.0 lie-exports ... 30.0 37.1 30.0 40.7 Totals 820.8 704.7 807.2 885.1 Excess of imports ov or total exports 200.8 184.3 210.4 179.0 The above returns confirm the reports which have conio to hand in recent months of tho buoyancy of British trade. Tlieso usually lay stress on the conditions of internal trade, but it is apparent that there is also a steady increase in overseas activities. However, there is still a long way to go before pro-slump figures are reached. In tne liret nine months of 1930 exports and imports totalled nearly £1,300,000,000.