BRITISH TRADE
INCREASES LAST MONTH
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Received September 23, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, September 22. - The Board ij of Trade return for August is as follows:—lmports, £81,096,000; exports, £37,076,000; reexports, £4,488,000. " Principal increases over August, 1938:—Imports, meat, £1,642,000; iron ore and scrap, £744,00; wood and timber £765,000; wool and raw waste/ £1,093,000; iron and . steel manufacturers, £1,409,000; machinery, £6,246,----000; chemicals and dyes, £495,000; oils and fats, £739,000. Exports, beverages and cocoa, £356,000; cotton, yarns, and manufactures, £456,000. Re-exports, rubber, £446,000. Principal decreases: Imports, grain and flour, £2,142,000. Exports, machinery, £479,000. , Re-exports, hides and skins, £574,000.
The aggregate figures for August, 1938, were:—lmports, £74,130,000; exports, £36.331,000; re-exports £5,044,----000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 15
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108BRITISH TRADE Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 15
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