TRADE DECLINE
BIG FALL IN EXPORTS
DOWN BY £8,337,000
FIGURES FOR 1938
The excess of exports over im- ! ports for 1938 was only £2,954,000, I compared with £10,552,000 in 1937 I and £12,493,000 in 1936. Overseas trade figures, supplied by the Customs Department, and expressed in terms of New* Zealand currency, show that for the twelve months ended December, 1938, exports from New Zealand were valued at £58,376,000, as compared with £66,713,000 for the previous twelve months and £56,752,000 for the twelve months ended December, 1936. The drop in exports last year was £8,337,000. Imports in 1938 were valued at £55,422,000, as compared with £56,161,000 in 1937 and £44,259,000 in 1936. Exports during the month of December were valued at £3,728,000, as against £4,417,000 in December, 1937, and £4,322,000 in December, 1936. During December, 1938, imports were valued at £4,765,000, compared with £4,608,000 in the same month in 1937 and £4,295,000 in 1936. -In December last there 'was an excess of imports over exports of £1,037,000. Specie exported during the twelve months ended December last was valued at £31,805 (face value) and imports at £31,274. During December exports of specie were valued at £18,305 and imports at £1357.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 10
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198TRADE DECLINE Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 10
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