MORE EXPORTS
LAST "MONTH'S TRADE
FAVOURABLE BALANCE
A decided increase: both in exports and in imports compared, with the correspond-, ing month last, year is, revealed in oversea trade returns , for January supplied by the Customs Department. In New Zealand ■ currency the. Dominion's exports jumped up." to the extent .of about £1,080,000 ;1 over January, 1933, and amounted to nearly two millions more than for'.January;'l932;- ;< 'V ..-"-. Imports showed \an increase of about £270,000.in.recorded,value, the equivalent in New, Zealand being £336,000. i The- increase? over January, 1932, in New Zealand currency,. was £513,000.. The excess of exports over imports last month1 was mnc'h greater, than in "January of either the two previous years, the figures for this year, last year, and 1932 being £2,221,000, , £ 1,478,000,, and £SOB,OOO rev spectively. ' ■■■-'..'. "''.■; , ■'. .' '' ,-'; '-.".>..,•;."'. In the* official .'statistics exiwrts of merchandise are expressed in terms, of New Zealand ciirrency',- imports from, Australia in Australian currency, and imports from other countries in sterling. ,The Customs Department's returns for January's trade, excluding specie, is given below:—^ '~.'.-- -: ... ■ Exports...-.,, "'.'. Imports., ■.*■'■•,-■ . ." . N.Z. , Eecotdcd ' Equly. N.Z. currency. : value. currency. Jan. £ £ £ 1934 .. 5,080,538 2,331,215 2,859,000 1933 ...4,000,878 2,001,121 2,523,000 . 1932 . .. 3,213,489 2.168,306 ■ 2,346,000'
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 8
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190MORE EXPORTS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 8
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