DOMINION EXPORTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1936, Page 9

DOMINION EXPORTS

A LARGE INCREASE [PER press association.] WELLINGTON. May 9. An abnormally heavy monthly value of export trade is indicated by statistics of exports in March. The total declared value of commodity exports in that month was, according to the Abstract of Statistics £7,447.916, the highest total in any month since March, 1929, and 21.5 per cent, higher than in March, 1935. Exports of wool during March, 1936, totalled 186,332 bales, of a total declared value of £•’ 761.125, as compared with 121,433 bales valued-at £1,264.990 in that month last, year —increases of 118.3 per cent, in value and 53.4 pel cent, in volume. The abnormally high value of total exports can therefore be attributed to the phenomenal increase in wool exports. The export of frozen pork also shows a notable increase as compared with the previous March, in fact, the rapid development in the trade has placed this item among the major meat exports. The declaied value of exports of lamb in Marchi was £1,275.086 and ol mutton £-38,-9 b. Exports of pork were valued at 997 and of chilled and frozen beet at The excess of exports for the month was as high at £4,410,336._ •