IMPORTS REDUCED
THREE YEARS' TRADE
LEEWAY TO BE MADE UP
Returns of overseas trade for eleven months ended November 30 last show a reduction of nearly £1,000,000 in the value of imports when comparison is made with the corresponding period of last year. The value of exports for the same period, however, is less than 1937 by over £7,500,000. The figures as supplied (excluding specie) are as follows:— Eleven Excess of j months Exports. Imports. exports. ! ended' £NZ. £NZ. £NZ. Nov., 1938 .. 54,648,012 50,657,095 3,990,917 Nov., 1937 .. 62,296,000 51,552,000 10,744,000 Nov., 1936 .. 52,431,000 39,842,000 12,589,000 For the month of November, the, usual excess of imports over exports i is shown, but for November, 1937, it is under £400,000, as compared with over £800,000 for November, 1937. For November this year, too, the value of exports is greater than that of November, 1937, by £277,000. The returns for November for the past three years are as follows: — Excess Exports. Imports. imports. Not £NZ. £NZ. £NZ. 1938 4,386,045 4,783,411 397,366 1937 .. 4,109,000 4,947,000 838,000 1936 '/. 3,821,000 4,083,000 262,000 The value of specie exported for the eleven months in review was £13,500, and imports of specie were of the value of £29,917.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 12
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199IMPORTS REDUCED Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 12
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