OVERSEAS TRADE
Marked Decrease in Export Values
IMPORTS GROWING Reduction in Visible Balance A reduction in exports, and a further rise in imports, with a substantial reduction in the visible excess of exports are the main features of the overseas trade returns for May issued yesterday by the Customs Department. Exports last month were valued in New Zealand currency at £4,326.000. compared with £4,710.000 for May, 1934 a reduction of £384,000. but they were £1.206.000 in excess of those for May. 1933. On lhe other hand, imports last month totalled £3.024.000, compared with £2.343.000 for May, 1934, an Increase of £681.000, and tin advance of nearly £1.000,000 over those for May, 1933.' The figures afford the following comparison Excess of
Five Months’ Comparison. Exports for the five months ended Mav 31 totalled £23.882.000. compared with £28.203.000 for the corresponding period of last year, a decrease of £4.321,000, but they were £8,541.000 above those for the five months of 1933. .
Imports for the five months totalled £14,362,000, compared with £12.028,000 for the corresponding period of last yeqr, an increase of £2.334.000. The excess of exports for the five months was £9.520.000, compared with £16.175,000 for the corresponding period of last year, a reduction of £6.655,000.
The position for the five months period for the last three years is set out in the following comparative table, all value's being expressed in New Zealand currency :—
The above figures take ro account of specie, inward and outward movements of which have been as follow:— Exports. Imports. £ £ Month of May. 1935 .. 210.000 000 Five months ended .May, 1935; 304,100 188,530
Exports. Imports. £ (N.Z.) exports. .Month of £ (N.Z.) £ (N.Z.) May, 1935 . 4.320.000 3,024.000 1.302.000 May, 1934 . 4.710,000 2.343.000 2.367,000 May, 1933 . . 3,120.000 2,073,000 1.047,000
Excess of Five inths. Exports. Imports. exports. elided £ (N.Z.) £ (N.Z.) £ (N.Z.) May, 11935 . 23.882.090 14,302.000 11,520,000 May. 1934 . 28.203,000 12,028.000 10.175,000 May, 11)33 . 10,002,000 10,502,000 9,070,000
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 230, 26 June 1935, Page 10
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314OVERSEAS TRADE Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 230, 26 June 1935, Page 10
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