OVERSEAS TRADE

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 16, 13 October 1933, Page 9

OVERSEAS TRADE

British Expansion

9 MONTHS’ FIGURES

Features of the Exports

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

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Rugby, October 11

A further expansion in overseas trade in September is revealed in the preliminary Board of Trade figures.

The imports during last month were valued at £57,772,000, against £56.754,000 in August and £54,272,000 in September of last year. Exports during September totalled £32,226,000. In the previous month the value of the exports was £30,997,000, and in September of last year £26,229,000. Re-exports of imported merchandise totalled last month £3,404,000, against £4,300,000 in August and £2,902,000 in September of last year. An encouraging feature of the returns is that the chief increases in exports are under the heading of articles wholly or mainly manufactured. As compared with September, 1932, their value has risen from £19,751,000 to £24,642,000. The chief increase in imports relates to raw materials. A review of the January-September period of the current year shows imports totalling £487,823,000, and exports £268,390,000. In the first nine months of 1932 the imports amounted to £520,213,000 and the exports £271,107,000.