BRITISH TRADE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22909, 17 June 1936, Page 9

BRITISH TRADE

THE RETURNS FOR MAY

LONDON, June 15,

The Board of Trade returns for May show that the imports amounted to £09,178,000, the exports to £30,396.000. and the re-exports to £5,634,000. The principal increases, compared with May last vear, were:— Imports—Dairy produce £802,000, fresh fruit and vegetables £630,000, raw cotton and waste £554,000, wool and raw waste £410,000, hides and skins £497,000, machinery £425,000. Exports —Miscellaneous manufactures £469,000, woollen worsted £356,000. Reexports —Non-ferrous metals and manufactures £350,000. The principal decreases were: —Imports—Meat £599,000, rubber £643,000. Exports:—Coal £298,000, non-ferrous metals and manufactures £212,000. Reexports —Wool and raw waste £199,000 INCREASE FOR FIVE MONTHS (British Official Wireless) RUGBY* June 15. (Received June 16, at 5.5 p.m.) The total exports-for the first five months of this year were £175,852,585, an increase of £2.274.544 over the concsponding period of last year a,nd £18,244,500 over the first five months of 1934. Imports for the •'••me period of this and the two preceding years were respectively £3.35,667.912, £392 072.500, and £301.311.350. Re-exports, at £27,391,671 for the five months, show an increase of over the corresponding period of 1935 and £2,683,878 over 1934.