IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
INCREASES IN TEN MONTHS, A big increase-in the wool export, and a slight decline in dairy produce, with frozen lamb normal, are the chief features of the external trade statistics for the period January to October, compared with the corresponding period of last year. The exports for the ten months were valued at £43,984,306, compared with £39,720,169 for the same period last year; the imports were valued at £40,220,427, compared with £36,083,360. EXPORTS. The chief items of export for the ten months, January to October, were*— 1924. 1923.
£ £. Butter 8,033.806 8,189,853 Cheese ..... 5,482.522 5.658,770 Beef, frozen 677,611 849,462 Lamb, frozen 5,802,812 5,843,468 Mutton, frozen 2,294,826 1,796,192 Sausage-skins 537,271 403,090 Milk, dried 334,228 351,120 Apples, fresh Hides, calf 122,160 137,872 74,310 114,036 Hides, cuttle 501,859 496,921 Hides, rabbit Sheepskins, w i t h 601,710 390,163 187,552 wool Sheepskins, w i t h247,492 861,634 1,156,360 13,692,552 wool : 9,8/5,723 Flux 328,524 240,507 Grass seeds 83,280 157,959 Tallow 735,267 729,990 .Coal 141,118 168.975 Kauri-gum > 356,761 495,939 G old 460,019 572,846 Timber 387,335 369,896 IMPORTS. The chief items of period were: — imports for the same 1924. 1923. £ £ Fish 126,220 92,500 Confectionery Raisins, dried 213,134 144,412 232,657 171,101 Oats 167,536 5,609 Wheat 927,602 69 SugV 1,272,133 1,014,903 Tea 787,609 715,866 Whisky 501,459 601,366 598,710 504.444 Tobaccos 770.718 708,790 Seeds 202,563 217,373 Apparel 1,789.515 1,834,468 Boot's, shoes 746,670 912,095 Hosiery 387,020 502,047 Carpets 550,443 562,411 Drapery 426,977 460,238 Cotton goods 1,824,481 2,214,229 627,215 572,299 Woollen goods 802,231 1,054,841 Corn sacks 200,222 232,673 Benzine 320,179 265,635 Gasoline 205,704 154,726 Motor spirit 1,413.384 997,910 Coal ; 660.244 381,139 Iron and steel 279,531234,448 Hardware 511,437 447,933 Galvanised iron .‘ 442,982 451,563 Tubes, pipes 448.916 399,680 Rail and tram plant 388.839 236,313 Electric machinery 1.781,354 1,168,851 Leather 301.455 366,439 Timber, sawn 468,287 275,443 Timber, other 418,928 219,907 Paper 872.328 912,541 Fancy goods Medicines 302,317 271,120 270.026 288,685 264,283 260,845 Arms, explosives ... Motor vehicles 283,619 2.893,228 192,441 1,946,745 Rubber tyres 481,647 683,465
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1186, 8 December 1924, Page 11
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