BRITISH TRADE.
£40,000,000 DECREASE FOB THE HALF- • YEAR. For tbo first six months of the year the value of British trade with countries abroad was £40,374,249 less than in 1907. Imports woro £30,050,175, and exports £10,324,074 lower. Tho Board of Trade returns show that for tho month of June imports declined £1,669,263 and exports £4,157,930 as compared with tho saino month last year. Tho totals for June and for tho first six months of' this year and last are Imports. Exports. £. £. June, 1903 40,136,282 28,953,139 Juno, 1907 47,805,545 33,111,069 Six months, 1905... 298,306,224 159,993,395 Six months, 1907... 328,356,399 206,317,469 Exports of manufactured articles in Juno were £3,549,956 less than last year. Every class, except new ships and apparel, shows a decline. Tho priuicpal decreases were:— £. Iron and steel 1,027,285 Other metals 292,863 Electrical goods ... ... 256,824 Machinery ... a. 124,403 Cottons ... ... ;.. 438,893 "Woollens ... 425,202 Other yarns and textiles... 417,686 Chemicals 212,667 The principal decrease in imports in Juno were grain and flour (£704,574) and meat .(£636,806).,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 282, 22 August 1908, Page 9
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164BRITISH TRADE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 282, 22 August 1908, Page 9
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