CANADIAN TRADE
IMPORTS WITH NEW ZEALAND MORE THAN DOUBLE ' The Empire is increasing its trade * with Canada despite Hitler. Imports [ from the United Kingdom of 136,282.000 ; dollars in 1941 against 136,510.000 dollars in 1940 illustrates how well the I Atlantic route is being maintained. Imports from British East Africa were 2,115,000 dollars against 1.739.000 dol- ; lars; British South Africa 4.182,000 dollars against 3,443.000 dollars; British West Africa 2,881,000 dollars against , 1.087.000 dollars; British India and Burma 18.148,000 dollars against 16,612,000 dollars; Ceylon 6,064,000 dollars against 4.641.000 dollars; Newfound, land 4.273.000 dollars against 3,075.000 1 dollars; Australia 19,235.000 dollars ' against 16.571.000 dollars; New Zealand 13.552.000 dollars against 5.738,000 dollars: Argentine 4,764.000 dollars against 6.542.000 dollars; Brazil 19,444,000 dolJ larj against 6,243.000 dollars. A sixty million dollar contract for Curtiss navy dive bombers of the lat- , j est type has been placed in Canada. ' The order covers over 1000 aircraft j or twelve months sustained peak proi duction. The estimated maximum output is eighty a month. — i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 4 February 1942, Page 3
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