EXTERNAL TRADE
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\ HANDSOME BALANCE
* FIGURES FOR THE YEAR
l New Zealand's overseas trade for „ 12 months ended March 31, 1941, shows a handsome credit balance f of over £23,250,000, as represented by excess of exports over imports. ' The-Customs returns for the full 12 •> months in review and for the past I two years are as follows:— Excess 1 12 mos., Exports. Imports. exports.. . March, (£NZ.) (£NZ.) (£NZ.) I 1941 ... 71,180,000 47,918,000 23,262,000 1940 ... 59,643,000 45,571,000 14,072,000 1939 ... 57,867,000 54,409,000 3,458,000 All values, which are expressed, in terms of New Zealand currency, are " for commodities only, specie being ex- ■ eluded. i The value of exports during the 1 month of March, 1941, was £6,408,000, t compared with £7,265,000 in March, 1940, a decrease of £857,000. Imports 5 for the month totalled £3,934.000, 1 against £2,728,000 in March, 1940, an increase of £1.206,000. For the month r there was an excess of exports over imports of £2,474,000, compared with a similar excess of £4.537,000 in March, ' 1940, and £3,327,000 for March, 1939. [ , i j
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1941, Page 8
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173EXTERNAL TRADE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1941, Page 8
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