TRADE WITH UNITED STATES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21858, 11 August 1936, Page 16

TRADE WITH UNITED STATES

■ ■ “—♦—:— , MS 'MARKED EXPAMSmE SHOWN . mm analysis op the posqiS Trade between the United -America and New '■ Zealand panded markedly in both since 1933, according to ficqi|||||P plied by Mr H. P. Bridge;A|jp||(| ■Consular Agent in Cfarist«dnilig|9B United States, next to the UnfIMMII dom.' is the ' chief source of in|iit j 'into New Zealand. In 1933. of the total imports America. This compares wit&ilt. -seventh in 1932. WBE Imports of non-metallic nd|MM| largely petroleum and its omH| made up approximately of the American total in the fltajfc months of 1936. whereas in tfanMi 1932 they constituted 57 per eemß

the total. In 1932, petrol ahnfli counted for one-third of total nH from the United States. Other of supply trf these products, mH| .the Dutch East Indies and in -recent years made great M||: the New Zealand market e'K.<|jU|; the case of lubricating oil. : ?He-To-day the most important tm modity imported from the <wm States is motor' vehicles. In 'tlKw six months of this year the such imports was £532,874, DmK. land currency, an increase .ojT3jlM» cent, on the corresponding pqdaiil the previous year. Motor veapK. together with parts, accounted IjajiP per cent, of imports in the first Ml' of 1836. ' As might be expected. radioa"» radio equipment is the third rtMjfc import from America. leadership over tobacco and manufactures is very slender,' spective totals for the first six SKHP of the preset year being £H|P and £127,463. For both of ports, the Dominion is a' loot Mml lished and important market United States.- -'-«5 The United States is also the CM*

inion’s next to best customer. over 5 per cent, of New Zealaanlii* ports were shipped to the IMP States, and this proportion doqgg* take into consideration the .cwj 1 able volume of exports which aWjj* ectly found their way to AWSgi through the United Kingdom. - ht;W| first six months of 1936, the vahWv direct ■ exports to the United ■ 38P was £1,556,448, an increase cent, on that for the comiapoMP period of the previous year. - Slightly less than two-thirds_<x Pjg Zealand exports to the. United StaMP the first ,six months of 183# jHr animal products other There was considerably less frozen meats, sausage casings, SgWm low shipped to America this yEffiMßr larger quantities of calf hides, rabbi tskins, sheCpsktOS, wool, greasy wool, and pelts. V •■J.'St Rabbitskins accounted -for anWlB.jK per cent, of the total uj the of 1936, and greasy wool 26 pqr Sheep and lamb skins, for SMg New Zealand is a relatively impogSr source of supply, constituted one-third of the total. . jSB