"SLUMP" IN TRADE.
BRITISH COMMERCE DECLINES £13,000,000 IN APRIL. Tho value of British trade with countries abroad was in April £13,39-1,320 less than in April last year. The Board of Trade returns show that there wa3 a declino of £9,682,792 in imports, and of £3,711,528 in exports. Tho totals for April last and April, 1907, are: — T April, 1908. April, 1907. Imports ... £47,099,912 £56,782,704 Exports ... . £30,705,338 £34,416,866 The falling off in imports is mainly duo to n decrease of £3,424,404 in raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured. All classes of imported goods under this head, except materials for paper making, show dbclinos, of which tho principal are:—
Decroaso. Cotton £3,822,710 i • Wool 2,100,793 Other textile materials ... 320,075 Oils, etc .... 625,078 Hides 317,309 Iron oro and sera]) iron... 255.576 Moat imports declined £386,275, and dutiable food and drink (tea, coffco, sugar, wines, ctc.) i _£301,4(7.. There was a falling o/E of £1,277,346 in manufactured articles imported. • The.decrease in exports is almost entirely due to a docliuo of £3,605,459 iu iuauufactuxed gooda,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 229, 20 June 1908, Page 10
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170"SLUMP" IN TRADE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 229, 20 June 1908, Page 10
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