BRITISH FOREIGN TRADE

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9171, 11 October 1915, Page 2

BRITISH FOREIGN TRADE

SEPTEMBER FIGURES SHOW BIG INCREASE, By Telegraph—Pres? Association—Copyright LONDON, October 8. The Board of Trade returns dealing with, tits volume of trade in September, issued to-day, show very" substantial increases; as compared, with ': September, 1914, when the full; effect, of the war was beginning to .bo, felt. V/Xast month's figures show increases all round, amounting to <£25;286,812, or 56,10 per cent;, in the value of , imports; exports of Homo products wore greater by .£5,634,331, ■or ■21.12 per cent.; and foreign and colbhial products re-exported exceeded the previous September total by .£2,296,286, or 43.42 per cent. The full figures for the month just ended, and, for* September, 1914. are as follow:

Totals At < ,uuu,u<» The total September trade this year thus shows ,an -excess of .£33,211,029, or, 43.14 per cent, over that of tho corresponding period a year ago. for the nine months of the current year, compared with the same pcrood in 1914, the figures' are,

‘Aggregate *oOujWi,ow *iiuuo>u»/,wi.o This gives an excess for the current year of .£52,986,938, 'or 5.57, per cent-, despite the fact that war lias interfered more or less with trade during the whole time, whUe last year seven out of the nine months were free from that disturbing influence.

1914. 1915. X ■ £■ - 45,051,937 70,338,249 26,674,101 32,308,432 Ite-ex ports 5,274,041 7,564,327 ili0,211,(i08

1914. 1915. X . £ Imports . 522,517,311 644,337,246 350,743,363 283,091,686 Re-exports ' ......... 76,796,206 75.619,886 >• ' .£950.061,880 .£1,003,048.818