BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.
ENORMOUS BRITISH GROWTH
LONDON, Jan. «
The Board of Trade returns show that imports for December totalled £169 000,000 and exports £90,000,----000,' increases of £53,000,000 and £5?» 000000 respectively compared with December 1918. Imports in 1919 ,632,000,000, and exports £798,000,000, representing increases of £315,000,000 and £297,----000,000 compared with 1918. The principal increases for the year in imports were: Food, £142,----000 000, raw materials £188,000,000, of which £40,000,000 was expended on cotton and £65,000,000 on wool. The increases in exports included coal £40,000,000, manufactures £225,000,000, including £60,000,000 worth of cotton goods and textiles, and £48,000,000 worth of woollens. —A. and N.Z. and Reuter.
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Northern Advocate, 10 January 1920, Page 5
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