EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3057, 19 April 1917, Page 8

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

INTERESTING FLGUBES. Tho annual report of „the Wellington Chamber ,o£ 'Oommoroe * assembles Bome interesting export and 1 import - figures. The values for the total exports and imports for the past five years (specie excluded) compare as follows;— Exports. Imports. * lear. £ £ 1911-12 20,714,595 ' 19,615,291 1912-13 23,682,416 22,868,364 1913-14 23,759,347 21,056,3J4 1314-15 29,710,434 19,786,224 1915-16 34,926,641 23,791,152 The comparative figures of our exports for the past three years ended September .30 are as follows:— . • „ 1915-16. 1914-15. 1913-14. Goods. £ £ £ . Wool ....'13,173,908 10,425,172 8,167,279 Sheepskins 912,661 . 862,595 811,843 Frozen meat ... 7,578,795 7.238,560 4,930,702 Butter and cheese 6,196,081 4,908,477 ' 4,546,142 TalloW 790,891 803,414 . 659,720 Gold 1,772,624 1,039,278 " 1,189,572 Kauri gum 332.503 283,086 518,153 Hemp 889,970 ■ 462,800 . 530,665 Timber 379,685 1 376,174 394,672 Grain, whole and Ground 43,209 241,696 78,706 Other N.Z. produce 2,542,780 2,699,925 1,680,344 Total N.Z. pro- ' duce 34,613,107 29,341,179 23,507,828 He-oxports 313,434 369,255 251,519 Specie 63,799 260,141 . 7,252 Total 34,990,340 29,970,575 23,766,599 The quantities for the principal exports for the tame periods are shown In the following tablo:— 1915-16. ■ 1914-15. 1913-14. Wool lib.) .;....200,119,016 208,908,118 196,499,896 Frozen meat (cwt.) 3,453,340 3,349,810 2,846,411 Tallow (tons) ... 23,144 27,781 23,139 Butter (cwt.) ... 395,460 413,987 412,917 Cheese (cwt.) ... 970,848 792,675 781,320 Kaurlm rum (tons) 5,346 4,453 8.984 Hemp (tons) ... 26,615 19.771 2M06 Wheat (bnsh.)... 24,522 615 6,790 Oats (bush.) ... 240,320 1,393,967 140,991' "Wool has a. decrease of 4 per cent, in weight (says tho report), but an increase of £2,748,736 in value, showing that higher prices ha/ve mea.nt a benefit of £3,154 000 the arerace vaiuution being 3.82 d. higher. Frozen meat shows an increase of £340,235, or 43 per cent., with .3 per cent, increase in output, showing that better prices «cI count for abouL £125,000 of tho increase Butter shows £364,000 increase in value, with 41 per cent, decline in weight, white chccso is £922,973 more in value, of which £355,000 is due to higher prices. With hemp the output is 35 per cent, hoavier, but tho value is 92 per cent, greater, the average rajuo showing an advance of £10 6s. per ton." Tho comparative values of importß to principal ports, 1912-13 to 1915-16, are as I follows■ ! '• ' 1915-16; 1914-15. 1913-14. Ports. £ £ £ Auckland 7,048,837 5,973,718 6,491 066 Wellington ... 7,674,678 . 5,801,255 5,565,748 OthorN.r. ports 1,257,396 1,220.441 1 285 395 Lyttelton : 3,789,086 .3,146,276 3,210 994 Diinedin 2,842,106 2,361,222 2,591 024 Other S.I. ports 1,179,049 1,213,312 ' 1,461,131 Total N. Island 15,980,911 12,995,414 13,642,209 Total 6. Island 7,810,241 6.790,810 7,263,149 fipoeic to all , „ Ports 1,285,975 .1,033,768 ' 727,125 Parcels post * * 161.0ZS Total Dominion 25,077,127 20,819'',992 21,783,509 Total apart from I si>«io 23,791,152 19,786,224 - 21,056,384 News has reached, vs concerning' a greatly increased demand for the already famous Victor Cheese Vat. Its new principle of middle drainage and sloping bottom make for quicker and more satisfactory production, which, in turn, assures bigger profits. Write for details to A. J. Parton, Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, Carterton. Write now, wbiio you have the matter in mind.-—Advt.