BETTER TRADE IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21631, 15 November 1935, Page 13

BETTER TRADE IN BRITAIN

I ♦ —. I INCREASES IN IMPORTS I AND EXPORTS i j GREATER PRODUCTION OF j STEEL l I -SHITISn OFFICIAL \HBELESS.) j (Received November 14, 9 p.m.) } RUGBY, November 13. j The preliminary figures, published by the Board of Trade, of overseas I trade in October show increases in ! exports and re-exports from Britain, ! and in imports, compared with Sep:i ember and with October last year. • The figures for the first 10 months ; of this year are also higher than i those for the same period last year. ! The comparisons are as follows: — ' Figures for Month ! October, Sept., October, 1 1935. 1935. 1934. > £ £ £ I'xports 39.895,000 34.098,205 36.748.545 i Imports 73,383,000 60,830,677 68,998,589 j R ports 4.732.C00 3,810.838 2,000,668 S Figures for 10 Months Janv.-Oct., Jany.-Oct., '1935. 1934. £ £ Exports ~ 351,643.000 325.756,000 i Imports .. 612,410.000 605.290,000 ! Re-exports . - 45,255,000 43,672,000 i | The production of steel ingots and ■ castings in the United Kingdom in ' October amounted to 907.300 tons, compared with 855,900 tons in September and 812,000 tons in October. i 1934. 1 The October production is the highest since March, 1927. The pro- | duetion of pig iron in October was : 544.300 tons, compared with 529,600 tons in September, and 527,100 tons : in October, 1934. i The recovery in ship-building j which has been noticeable in the i last six weeks was further illus- ! trated to-day by orders received ' from Hull and Grimsby, by a j Middlesburgh firm for trawlers and I an oil-burning coasting vessel of 600 I tons. ___________