British Exports Rise Steadily
(1.30 p.m.) LONDON. June 24. British exports for May passed the 1938 average monthly volume for the first time since the war. stated the Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Trade (Professor Marquand).
The rate of export in the last six months had more than doubled. The value of exports had risen from £55.000.000 in January tc £82.000,000 in May. which was 115 per cent, compared with the monthly volume in 1938.
"We are aiming at 175 per cent of the 1938 volume,” he said.
Professor Marquand praised employers and workers for their efforts to raise the total. There were now 1.236,000 workers on exoorts. The Beard of Trade's target for the end of the year was 1,550.000.
Asked about trade relations with Russia. Professor Marquand said: "The climate is improving.”
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Northern Advocate, 25 June 1946, Page 5
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