BRITAIN'S TRADE

Evening Star, Issue 14534, 9 December 1910, Page 1

BRITAIN'S TRADE

I'orre-. poildou. ,oe Ola.-', stsyoiie; rs w,t:t til, i.,;i,..vi1. t still,inieu;. i-i. ting ;<> til<: c\i. !-i-. :: | ;; ■<!■> of tim I'nitrd Kin-yic-'ii din.m; ;i:e oiuc- months .- cii'k mi"-i ■". I■' iO. 'iim i-tatt:m:',l was <o:i<oih-.d !.V the Bond of '|,-::.!e, l.ondcei, with ,-'.-. ia! tefcfcine to t'u ' Hade with \ow The values of the ii.yi--: ..-. ;:.ioi;.-. and r'-rxn. n.s of tun t'nii-d Kingdom ini'T- ; I-. oi.iiee olilv-] !"i- l!>e ;:;:i-i iptartef <d* I'JU) hiive f'aeh been ,•■ aier than has been r.-eord. d for the third ipi.irler of .my previoiis year. 'l"m> toiats for the first itiiic months of l!e war were as belot„s :-Import.. 4b'7.iU.(.CO; expoil--, thoy-.i Kingdom pivdinv. £318.57 t.'SX). t'oi-.-j./ii and colonial pr-..'dm-e ;C78.4'H.00J. The inereae.v on the figmns foi' the first ui-.e m.mib.. ■-, :' ■ year ).'(:■) were :-- !n imp ■!■;. . eJ..d..X : e.t.iX), or 8.3 per cent. : in c.vpoits. of I'nilfd Kim/d om nrodme and colonial produce JJtl (j(A.QvO. «-r h'-A iiei' ,-< m. ■• Ihv material: an<l aiti.ies trainly tinmenutarUirrd " ac<ou:'t i< v

m ihan £26.500,000 <>i too increase of 10.,5C0.0D0 in imports: £";6,0U0.'.v0 of the increat-e of /MI.OOO.O'X] in expe-ets of Cniltsl Kin.vlo'u prn-auee are a'-coiuited for under tb-' hr-e-;! of " a,: ieht-- w'aoiiy or itiainlv manio'aeiiirtd." Nunc part of the i.'ic.v-Js.Li niusf be attributed to the fact thai ])ricw have, been iiie.ber this year than last, but this consideration is not stifiicient to account for the bulk of the increases, which reflect a real and substantial growth in the volume of frade. Tim (ot-al value of the merehandi.se impoilcd into the United Kingdom from New Zealand during the nine months was £13.9:X>.C00. and that of flic prodme and manul'ai itiris of the Uni'id Kinydom e.\ported to Xew Zealand £'>.293,000. Foreign and colonial jnerchaiu!ii>e to the value ol £577.000 was also e. v .)e.ate<| from (he United Kingdom to the Dominion during tin- same period. The figures for the cor-re.'-Dor.ditit' |iei-iod of 190:) were ; —lmports fiotn Xew Zealand, £15,805,000; exports to Xew Zealand of f'nited Kingdom pi-o-nuee, £5,436,000; of fojcian juid colonial meicha.iMlise. £S : i3.(KX). The growth in imports from Nov,- Zealand has thus, been nearly 20 per uet., and that in exports (hither of UniC.d Kingdom produce 15 per cent, on 1a.:.!, figunv. Among the principal imports and exports were the following :■ ■ Xine montlii; cju'c t September. 1909. 1910. £ .'J Mutton, frozen ... 3,232.000 5.!"!74,',(''' llsef, frozen 566,000 742.000 Butter 1,151,000 1,543,000 Chee-se 997, C«) 1,203,000 Wool, sheep's or lambs' 6.694,000 3,204,000 Tallow and stearine 616.000 754,000 Skins, sheep 526.000 521X00 Hemp 192;0CO .368.000 —Exports to New Zealand (United Kingdom produce).— Iron aji-d steel ~, and manufactures thereof (so far as separately distinguished in the monthly accounts) 590,060 759,000 Cotton piece goods 500,000 559,000 Woollen and worsted tissues 226,000 253,000 Apparel 370,000 420,000