DOMINION TRADE

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 8

DOMINION TRADE

FIGURES FOR PAST YEAR EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS BY £2,805,865 A return furnished by the Government Statistician, Mr. Malcolm Fraser, in the Abstract of Statistics for December, shows that New Zealand had a balance of exports over imports during 1925 of £2,805,865. The total exports for November, 1926, amounted to £2,623,670, as against £4,498,839 for the corresponding month in 1925. The total value of all exports for the eleven months ended November, 1926, was £41,643,877, as against £50,648,784 for the same period last year. The total value of exports for the twelve months ended November, 1926, was £46,257,365, while the total value of goods sent out of ■ the country for the tcalendar year, 1925, was £55,262,272. The principal items from which New Zealand derives her wealth are shown to be:—Butter, £7,625,270; casein, £87,900, cheese, £5,355,113; honey, £35,399; frozen beef, £508,704; hares and rabbits, £17,932; kidneys, £10,057; lamb, £5,479,533; mutton (whole carcasses), £2,057,951; mutton and lamb joints, £7428; veal, £93,429; bacon and hams, £27,390; beef (salted), £8757; meats (potted and preserved), £202,583; meat extract, £14,703; sausage skins, £758,939; milk (dried), £238,496; milk and dream (preserved, condensed, etc.), £27,437; apples, £363,834; beans and peas, £99,160; oats, £4937; hops, £19,646; sugar (refined), £11,770; potatoes, £162,025; other foodstuffs of vegetable origin, £29,620; spirits and alcoholic liquors, £3955; cattle, £8013; horses, £67,784; sheep, £33,963; hides (calf), £158,714; hides (cattle), £523,662; opossum skins, £64,005; rabbit skins, £737,319; whale oil, £6482; tallow, £713,716; other oils, fats, and waxes, £18,537; coal kauri gum, £300,810; pumice, £7595; gold, £460,004; silver, £47,395; other metals and ores, £12,757 ; agricultural implements, £6883; dairy, machinery, £4174; other machines £8772; leather, £12,731; timber, £432,005; stationery, £17,849; drugs, chemicals, and druggists’ wares, £19,119; manures, £9467.,

Principal Imports. On the other hand the Government Statistician shows that the principal items upon which the people of New Zealand spent their money last year were:—Fish, £151,826; sausage casings and skins, £83,562; provisions, £77,824; rennet, £12,745; biscuits (other than ships’ plain biscuits), £18,156; coco, batter, £90,003; coconut (dessicated), £15,378; confectionery, £274,459; foods for animals, £38,953; fruits (bottled and preserved in syrups), £115,618; fruits (dried), £27,646; currants, £21,070; dates, £21,987; figs, £15,172; jams, £25,187; mustard, £29,430; almonds, £38,458; other nuts, £55,349; oilmen’s stores, £31,453; pickles and sauces, £24,162; tapioca, £13,848; spices, £37,713- sugar, £1,148,365; onions, £42,881; salt £103,995; coco- beans (uncrushed) ' £40,749; coco, and chocolate, £42,439; coffee and chicory, £32,900; tea, £877,331; ale, porter and beer, £21,009; bitters, cordials, and liqueurs, £6380; brandy, £39,803; gin, geneva, and schnapps, £72,905; rum, £14,778, whisky, £600,278; flavouring essences, £28,584; wine, £135,350; cigarettes, £687,117; cigars, £21,393; tobacco, £BlB,672; live animals, £50,237; hides, pelts, and skins (undressed), £20,758; cork (cut), £11,860; hemp, £41,403; kapok, £74,846; resin, £14,385; seeds, £224,2j2; readv-made clothing, £1,979,378; boots and shoes, £881,196; furs, £28,620; haberdasherv, £90,193; hats and caps, £168,479; hosiery, £448,905 ;■ lace, £37,186; millinerv, £149,020; ribbons and crepe, £47,890; tailors’ trimmings, £9902; articles made up from textiles, £72,970; cotton piece goods, £1,902,150; silk, satin, velvet, £653,601.; woollen piece goods, £763,457; benzine, £117,977; gasolene, £109,826; kerosene, £220,422; motor spirit, £2,204,884; linseed, £90,085; coal, £593,508; iron and steel, £241,117; hardware and cutlery, £l,016,854; electrical machinery and equipment, £1,854,604: soap, £92,072; motor vehicles, £3,360,471.