TRADE OF SAMOA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17141, 22 April 1919, Page 5

TRADE OF SAMOA.

OFFICIAL REPORT FOR 1918. NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE. ' ' ALL COPRA SENT TO AMERICA. 1. A statistical report upon the trade and commerce of the territory of Samoa, under t> British military occupation, has been re- ri ceived from the Collector of Customs at A Apia. It comprises a printed statement, ; S giving the full details of the trade during fi 1917, and a supplementary statement of b the export trade during 1918, the import h trade statistics for last year not being yet ] available. I ° The trading relations of the former German colony are principally with the _ United States, Australia, and New Zea- " land. The following table shows the ) value of the imports from and exports to the three countries during 1917, and of ' the exports in 1918, with the value of the J total trade :— { 1917. 1918. ; Imports. Exports Exports. ' United States £107,665 £247,606 £253,759 1 Australia . . 94,082 43,492 35.899 , New Zealand 103,432 25,122 16,887 ( Total trade £317,773 £320,444 £306,640 , ( Of the exports in 1918, nearly 83 per . 1 cent, were to the United States, 12 per j cent to Australia, and 5i per rent, to : ; New Zealad. The total tr d.! in 1917 was distributed as follows:—United , .States, 55i per cent; Australia, 214 per cent.; New Zealand, 20 per cent.; while 34 per cent, of the imports were derived from the United Sta es, 29J per ce it. from Australia, and 32J per cent, from New Zealand. i The principal produce of the territory is copra, cocoa, a .d rubber, other torn- J modities representing, by value, only one' or two per cent, of the total. The distribution of the exports during the past two years was as follows, the figures for 1917 being given in parentheses:— ! Copra:—United States, 9370 ions,! £246,576 (8597 tons, £221,518); New Zea-' land - (395 tons, £9453). ! Cocoa:—Australia, 494 tons, £33,267 (495 tons, £30,782); New Zealand, 209 tons, £15,338 (241 tons, £12.971); United States America, 92 tons, £5564 (422 tons, £22,997); Canada, - (49 tons, £2799); totals 795 tons, £54/169 (1207 tons, : £69.549). I Rubber :-Australia, 28.8011b, £2152 (136.1101b, £12094); New Zealand, 72381b, £603 (86921b, £650); Canada, 13231b, £95 (-) iVted States A™-,Ya, - (11,6261b, £1343. totals, 37,362;b, £2850 (156.4281b), £14,087).