BIG INCREASE IN BRITAIN
FIGURES FOR LAST MONTH
British Official Wireless.
RUGBY, 12th February
British overseas trade started tho New Year with a big spurt. The figures for January, given in tho Board of Trade returns, are higher both for imports and exports than for many mouths past. Tho imports arc valued at £116,000,000, showing an increase of £14,500,000 compared with December, and of £15,000,000 compared with the previous January. The exports are £6,500,000 above those of December, at a total of nearly £67,000,000. The increase compared with January, 1928, is £7,000,000. January's total of exports has been exceeded only once during the past two years, namely, in November, 1927. Of tho increase compared with the previous January no less a sum than £5,500,000 is accounted for by articles wholly or mainly manufactured. The outstanding increases under this heading are vehicles, including locomotives, ships, and aircraft, £1,623,000; iron and steel and manufactures thereof, £1,103,000; cotton yarns and manufactures,' £612,900.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 36, 14 February 1929, Page 11
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