BRITAIN'S LARGE EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 4

BRITAIN'S LARGE EXPORTS.

RAYONS, SILKS AND PAINTS. LONDON, October 14. Exports of British rayon goods are running at a high level. Printers in Lancashire are being kept very busy. Prints especially suited.to the markets of Latin America are receiving attention at the "Colour, Style and Design Centre," which has been established in Manchester to aasist in the development of the rayx>n industry. In August Britain exported £118,913 worth or sue and artificial silk yarns and manufactures or £290.140 more than in the previous August, just before the war. Reports from overseas show that these goods have been arriving with clockwork regularity in various export markets. One of Britain's, export industries which is maintaining its trade in spite of the loss of Continental markets and is thus contributing to Britain s wartime effort is paint manufacture. Firms in this industry ship overseas paints, and , cn *®*J s to the ▼alue of about £5 ,001 !i2!- ye l r ?X* have succeeded in sendabroad during the first half of thi« year more exports than in peacetime, not only in value but also in quantity. Paints, varnishes and lacqum made with synthetic resin to resist tropical conditions are in particular demand. *