ENCOURAGING FIGURES
DECREASE IjST IMPORTS. BIG INCREASE IN EXPORTS. Last night’s “Gazette” contains a return of the value of the imports at tho several ports of New Zealand during the quarter ending June 30th, 1921, as compared with the imports for the corresponding quarter of last year. The return shows that our imports from the United .Kingdom for the first quarter totalled £6,013,616, as compared with £6,995,259 for the June quarter of 1920; while the grand total of our' imports was £12,532,365 last quarter, as against £14,407,613 in the June quarter of 1920. On the other hand the Dominion’s exports to the United Kingdom last quarter totalled £12,155,818, as against £7,815,129 for the corresponding period of the previous year; while the whole of the Dominion’s exports for the quarter totalled £14,008,293, against £ll,406,084 for the June quarter of 1920. The total value of the imports at the principal ports were' as follows, the corresponding figues for 1920 being given in parentheses:—Auckland £4,167,450 (£4,436,972;; Gisborne, £90,316 (£71,547); New Plymouth £147,460 (£94,551) ; Wanganui £146,465 (£121,371); Wellington £3.834,645 (£4,862,507); Napier £243.279 (£262,065); Nelson £44,054 (£60,814); Greymouth £44,138 (£33,270) ; Lyttelton £1,946,259 (£2,292,571); Ximaru £145,548 (£164,015); Dunedin £1,428,485 (£1.686,905); Invercargill £201,355 (£243,635); totals, £12,532,365 (£14,407,613).
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10965, 29 July 1921, Page 4
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200ENCOURAGING FIGURES New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10965, 29 July 1921, Page 4
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