TRADE BALANCE
NEARLY £6,000,000 TO GOOD
.Returns'of overseas trade for the four months ended 30th April last, supplied by courtes' yof the Customs,, make the following comparison with those for the corresponding period of last year: — 4 months. . i mouths. ■/ ' .1030. 1020. £ £ Exports ... 21,518,11-5 29,008,571 Imports .... 15,704,552 15,872,184 Excess'exports .5,753,503 ■ 13,734,387 The heavy fall in prices of wool, meat, and butter will largely account for the difference between the balance in favour of the Dominion, as represented by excess of exports over imports. This credit balance, although £5,750,000 in excess of imports, which "are only comparatively a little less than those for the first four months of last year, represents a contraction of £7,980,824, or in round figures, £8,000,000. April, 1930, returns are: Exports, £3,----948,780; imports, £3,542,726. For April, 1929 the figures were: Exports, £5,505,----999; imports, £4,020,295. -
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 10
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137TRADE BALANCE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 10
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