WORLD'S TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 13

WORLD'S TRADE.

CANADA'S HIGH PLACE. SIXTH ON THE LIST. OTTAWA (Canada.) Figures compiled by the Canadian Bureau of Statistics show that for the calendar year 1935 Canada stood in sixth place among the nations in total international trade, rising from ninth place in 1933 and eighth in 1934. In exports alone Canada held fifth place, and in imports ninth. In total trade Canada was preceded by the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France and Japan, and followed by Belgium, the Netherlands and British India. In exports the United States took first place, being followed in order by the United Kingdom, trermany, France, Canada, Japan, Belgium, British India and Argentina. The nine leading import countries were United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and Canada. In 1920 Canada stood in fourth place for total international trade, during the following decade in fifth or sixth place, dropped to seventh in 1931 and 193-, to ninth in 1933, and then the improvement began.