BRITISH TRADE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 16, 16 December 1937, Page 2

BRITISH TRADE

RETURNS FOR NOVEMBER. CHINESE COMMERCE AFFECTED. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 15, 1.15 p.m. EONDON, Dec. 14. The Board of Trade returns for November show total imports of £97,251,000, exports £45,183,000, and reexports £5,305,000. The principal increases, compared with November of last year, are IMPORTS. Grain and flour £1,132,000 Meat £789,000 Dairy produce ... £933,000 Beverages £1,247,000 Non-ferrous ores and scrap £877,000 Wood £1,878,000 Seeds and nuts . - £759,000 Rubber £887,000 Iron & steel manufactures £1,921,000 Non-ferrous metals and manufactures ' £1,503,000 Oils and fats £1,567,000 Papers £708,000 EXPORTS. Coal £890,000 Iron & steel manufactures £1,029,000 Machinery £1,165,000 Vehicles £1,083,000 RE-EXPORTS. Non-ferrous metals and manufactures £747,000 Decreases are recorded as follow IMPORTS. Wool, raw and waste ... £784,000 A significant comparison of present United Kingdom exports to China with November, 1936, is afforded as follows: Iron and steel £62,586, £6318; machinery, £52,039, £1620; cotton goods, £36,497, £1415; vehicles, £44,284, £27,707, £1341; woollens and worsteds, £94,222, £1393; chemicals, £673; tobacco £2349, £57. The News-Clironicle points out that the above eloquently illustrates the collapse of Anglo-Clnnese trade to the extent of 85 per cent, owing to the Japanese aggression.