BRITISH TRADE
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. A GENERAL SHRINKAGE. Prcw Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON,- September 8. The value of the imports into Great Britain during August decreased by £64,762,265, tlio exports decreased by £63,557,028, and the re-exports by £3,570,568. _ The principal decreases in the imports were:—Grain and flour, £10,352,'542; dutiable food and drink, £473,778; wood and timber, £8,489,001; raw cotton, £7,264,004; raw wool, £4,624,527.
The leading decreases in the exports "were: Iron and steel and manufactures thereof, £8,367,668; cotton yarns and manufactures thereof, £24,811,863; woollen worsted yarns and manufactures thereof, £7,982,143; apparel, £3,114,460, The principal increase in the imports was meat (£2,480,977). Lead imports for- August, 10,845 tons, whereof 403 were Australian; exports, 1982 tons. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18347, 10 September 1921, Page 9
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117BRITISH TRADE Otago Daily Times, Issue 18347, 10 September 1921, Page 9
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