BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.
HIGHER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June p. The British overseas trade returns for May show that the total* for both imports and exports were higher than in May, Total imports were £105,552,982, compared with £109,983,300 in April and £78,509,294 in May of last year. Total exports amounted to £45,499,645, as against £48,299,823 in April, and £42,273,350 in May of last year. Re-exports fell to £3,213,913, from £4,434,290 in April and £5,012,383 in May of last year. Figures for the first five months of the year are:—lmports, £522,309,337, an increase of £156,250,608 over the corresponding period last year; exports, £213,706,329, an increase of £17,299,220 compared with the first five months of last year.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 145, 20 June 1940, Page 4
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