WORLD TRADE.
INCREASE IN 1935. GREAT BRITAIN'S LEAD. The improvement in world trade registered by the League of Nations "Bul]etin of Statistics" during the last quarter of 1935 has been continued into the present year. The gold value of world trade for February, 1930, is stated to have been 8.4 per cent higher than in February, 1935. In the twelve leading countries Great Britain was first with 14.2 per cent of the total world trade, followed by the United States with 11 per cent. In 1929 (as the last pre-crisis year) the United States led by 14.2 per cent, followed by Great Britain with 13.4 per cent. Since then, with tiie exception of 1931 (when the United States also led) Great Britain has always had the largest share in world trade.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 4
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