DOMINION'S IMPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19169, 7 November 1925, Page 12

DOMINION'S IMPORTS.

RETURNS FOR NINE MONTHS. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE. £3,000,000 FOR MOTOR-CARS. fnt' TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Friday. A slight contraction in the value of imports into Now Zealand is shown by tho returns for September, tho total having been £4,217,971, as compared with £4,682,366 in September of last year. This decline is probably tine to delay in tho delivery of cargoes from ships affected by the seamen's strike. For the nine months ended Septetnber 30, imports total £38,234,897, as against £36,137,756 in the corresponding period of last year, and £31,481,795 in 1923. The increase is £2,097,141 over last year and £6,753,102 over 1923. Classified under general headings, the imports for tho period in the last two years compare as follow Nine Months. 1925. 1924 Soft goods .. £7,918,901 £7,839.330 Hardware .. 5.127.228 5.) 29,(>39 Foodstuffs .. 2,804,741 3,408,502 Beverages .. 1,544,453 1,400,589 Miscellaneous . 13,097.195 12.57a.0tt3 Other goods .. 8,742,224 6,224,337 Totals . £38,234,897 £30,137,760 Soft goods show an increase of £579,631; hardware and metal goods are practically the same as in 1924; foodstuffs are less by £694,000, owing to less grain and sugar being imported. In the miscellaneous section, there is an increase of over £500,000, due mainly to the increase in motor vehicles, £438,000, and rubber tyres, £336,000. In the nine months, 16,154 motor vehicles wore imported, valued at £3,049,087, which gives an average of just over £1,000,000 a quarter. The rubber tyres imported in the nine months are valued at £813,562, against £477,599 in the corresponding period of last year.