BRITISH TRADE.
INCREASE IN IMPORTS FOR APRIL. (BT TELEGBArH—press association—copteiohtJ London, May 9. ; The Board of Trade returns for April' Bhow that imports increased £2,099,267, exports decreased £1,746,880, and ; re-exporto' increased £1,857,772, as compared with the corresponding month lastyear. : • , The improvement in imports was due partly to an advance in priccs, especially wheat, and partly to larger imports of wool, cotton, and certain, other articlos on tho eve of the Budget, in case of duties boing imposed. . ~ FOUR MONTHS',COMPARATIVE FIGURES. 7 Calculating lon the cablod figures, the following are Ihe imports and exports: and reexports for the first four, months of tho pro- . sent -calendar year, with tho corresponding figures for.l9oS:— ; ■ ; ■ ; IMPORTS. 1909; 1903. ' £ January 53,511,359 56,368,358 ' ■ February .— 50,463,197 52,426,815 March 52,033,913 52,115,259 April. 49,199,179 , 47,099,912 Total to dato 205,212,678 ■ 208,010,344 EXPORTS. ; . -• vv."v' -'' 1909. <•' 1908. ' ; £ £ ' January .... 28,803,046 . 34,407,767 February 28,024,'452 : 31,949,514 ; March.....™—... 31,887,424 32,893,424 Apri1'28,958,458 30,705,338 ; 7 Total to date 117,673,386 129,956,043 RE-EXPORTS. V; v: : .'. 1909. 1903. ■' , '' - '■ • £ January • 6,687,551.. 6,599,209 : February ............ 8,473,034 7,497,673 Maroh 7;540,255 • .5,965,255 April. 8,631,000 : 6,773,228 ; Total to dato 31,332,440 , 26,835,365 ALL NATIONS' COMMERCE SUFFERED" LAST YEAR. The all-round decline in trade ,in ,1908 is demonstrated by; the following figures, which appear in a White Book issued by the Cornmer•eial Department of the Board of Trade:— IMPORTS. -I,:'-'. h \V 1907. 1803. Loss. • Germany ... 430,045,000 , 409,048,000 20,997,000 Belgium ... 141,504,000 134,904,000 0,660,000 Franco ... 248,918,000 243,634,000 " 5,274,000 U. States "...; 296,494,000 232,684,000 63,910,000 U.'' Kingdom ' 553,866,000 '513,475,000 40,391,000 - EXPORTS. ' 1907;:. . 1903. , Loss. V :" ■£. ; ' £. ■ £. Germany ... 336,839,000 332,030,000 4,509,000 Belgium ... 108,176,000 103,413,000 . 4,763,000 • France ... 223,844,000 210,878,000 12,966,000 U. States:'... 394,866,000 360,238,000 ' 34,628,000' ' U. Kingdom 426,035,000: ■ 377,220,000 48,815,00° TOTAL,LOSSES. , .; Germany •; Belgium 11,423,000 France 18,240,000 !. United States ............... 98,518,000 '. ; . United Kingdom ....i.......; 89,206,0^0
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 5
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