BRITISH TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 271, 15 November 1935, Page 12

BRITISH TRADE.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

OCTOBER A BUSY MONTH.

YEAR'S PROGRESS TO DATE.

(Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, November 14. Tho British Board of Trade rcimrns for October are as follow: — Imports, £73,382,000; exports, £39,564.000; re-exporte, £4,732,000. Principal increases compared with October, 1934, are:—lmports: Grain and flour, £079,000; dairy produce, £1,603,000; fresh fruit and vegetables, £542,000; other food, £928,000; cotton, £805,000; wool, £."500,000; seeds, nut*, oilo, etc., £974,000; hides and skins, £252,000; non-ferrous metals manufactures, £474,000. Exports: Beverages, cocoa preparations, £420,000; wool£245,000; machinery, £458,000; woollen, worsted yarne, manufactures, £337,000. Decreases —Imports: Tobacco, £062,000; wood and timber, £326,000; rubber, £1,132,000. Exports: Coal, £256,000. October in Late Years. (In million pounds.) 1032; 1933. 1934. 1935. Imports ..... 60.8 61.8 00.0 73.3 Exports .... 30.4 34.1 30.7 39.8 Ite-Dxports .. 3.7 4.6 4.0 4.7 Totals .'... 04.0 100.5 109.7 117.8 Excess of imports over total exports 20.7 23.1 28.3 28.8 Ten Months Compared. (In million pounds.) 1932. 1933. 1034. 1935. Imports 580.6 551.3 005.3 005.8 Kxports 301.4 302.2 325.7 351.7 Ite-exnorts ... 42.7 41.G 43.0 45.4 Totals 924.7 805.1 074.6 1002.9 BxcesH of imports over total exports 236.5 207.5 236.0 208.7 It is obvious from the foregoing that overseas business in Great Britain took a sharp upturn last month, the turnover of £117,800,000 comparing with £98,700,000 for the shorter month of September. Tho figures recorded were only slightly lower than those of October, 1931, and represent a consistent advance since that date.