BRITAIN'S TRADE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18925, 14 February 1927, Page 9

BRITAIN'S TRADE.

j RECOVERY OF COAL INDUSTRY. IB) cabli—raiss msociatiok—copyright j (AUSTRALIAN AND 11. I CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, February 11. The Board of Trade returns for January are approximately as follows: Imports, £113,600,U0U; exports, £'.30,■122,000. Imporb decreased by £418,000 and exports by £4,UdU,UUU, and re-exports by £1,881,001). 'ihe principal decreases in imports were gram flour, £2,325,000; meat, £2,489,000; non-dutiable food and drink, £2,2453,000; raw cotton. £2,407,000; rubber. £2,124,000; nonferrous metal manufactures, £1,441,000. The principal decrease in exports was cotton yarns and manufactures, £2,113,000. The principal increases in imports were coal, £1,214,000; iron and steel manufactures, £2,605,000: oil and fat manufactures, £1,9,96,000. Tho principal increase in exporta was coal, £469,000. A remarkable feature is the almost complete recovery of the coal trade, over 4,092,000 tons, valued at £4,291,000, being exported in January, compared with 4,148,000 tons, valued at £3,821,000, exported in January, 1926.

A REMARKABLE REVIVAL. (AUST&U.IAH AND IT.tf. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, February 10. The world markets have been recaptured by British industry with astounding rapidity since the end of the coal strike. Official figures to-day show that 6.250,000 tons of coal were raised from the mines in the last week in January. This is the pre-«trike output. Practically the entire export trade of a year ago has been recaptured, and exports are now back to 1,000,000 tons weekly. So rapid Ims been tlurecovery in this respect that the equal of the post-war year 1935 was not only reached, but the peak .vcar of J913 is very likely to be equalled.