BRITISH EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 1 July 1903, Page 41

BRITISH EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES.

In view of the pessimistic statsments lately made in respect to the decadence of British trade, more especially as regards exports from tho United. Kingdom to the United States of America, the following figures, furnished to us by Mr F. O. Bridgeman, consular agent for the U.S.A. in Dnnedm, may be found interesting. The fiscal yeax in the United States ends on June 30, and the exports declared for America from 18 of the principal manufacturing centres in the United Kingdom for the two years eroding June 30, 1901-1902 were m round numbers as follows. —

It may bo news to some of our readers to team that, from seven ports of the United Kingdom, potatoes to the value of £246,000 were exported to the United States last yeax, •whereas from New Zeal in d (Auckland) our exports in this line of produce were valued at 803iol, or, say, £120! The difficulty, of course, is the freight, but it is possible that if the proposed new line of cargo steamers between How Zealand and the West Coast of America and British Columbia is established a larger quantity of potatoes ma-j be shipped from, oux principal ports to advantage. The total exports from Australasia, to the United States amounted to £1,650,000 in 1902, and £1,400,000 in 1901, of which New Zealand exported i£75,000 in 1902, and £72,000 in 1901. From Dunedin (oods, consisting chiefly of grass seed, hides, rabbits-kins, and wool, to the value of £37,000, were shipped to America in 1902, ac against £12,009 in 1901, a considerable increase. The total exports from Germany to the U.S.A. in 1902 were valued at the equivalent of £50,500,000, as against £50,175,000 in 1901, and from France £16,600,000 in 1903, as against £15,000,000 in 1301. The total exports from Europe to the United States amounted to the

equivalent of 94 J millions sterling in 1902. and in 1901 to 83J miihons, and the exports from the United Kingdom were accordingly 35 per cent and 33 per cent, respectively of the whole.

Belfast Birmingham Bradford Bristol .« Derby Dublin Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Hudderafield Hull .. „ Leeds Liverpool London . . Manohealcr Sheffield „ Swansea 1901. .. .. £ 1,600,000 .. .. 300,000 ... .. 1,300,000 .. .. 70 000 .. .. 175,000 .. „ 180.000 .. .. 1,480,000 .. .. 255,000 .." .. 940,000 .., .. 240,000 .. .. 120,000 .. .. 170,000 .. „ 3,250,000 .. .. 11,000,000 .. .. 1,850,000 .. .. 470,000 .. .. 800,000 1902. £ 2,000,000 400,000 1,500,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 1,600,000 300,000 1,300,000 300,000 200,000 200,000 4,000,000 12,100,000 2,000,000 500.000 1,000,000 £25,130,000 £29,100,000

The total exports from the United Kingdom ■to the United States amounted to 32 millions sterling in 1902, as against 28 millions in 1901, an increase of 12£ per cent.