EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
NEW ZEALAND TRADE. INTERESTING .FIGURES. The annual report of the council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce has been issued. From it the following exports and imports are extracted: — ~ • The value for the total exports and imports for fn'e past six years (specie included) comoare as follows : Excess
The figures for 1916-17 do not include gold or gold -specie, particulars of which will not be available until after the war. Comparative values of exports are as follow :
Year. Exports. ' Imports. Exports. 1911-12 ... ... £20,714.595 £19,615.291 £ 1,099.304 1912-13 ... ... 23.6S2.416 22.868.354 814,062 1913-14 ... ... 23,759,347 21,056,384 2,702,963 1914-15 ... ... 29,7]0,4:i4 19,786,224 9,924,210 1915-10 ... ... 34,926,541 23,791,152 11,135,389 1916-17 ... ... 29,834,726 21,355,680 8,479,046
Goods. 1918-17. 1913-14. Wool ... £10,893,366 £ 8,167,279 Sheepskins 1,233,215 811,843 Frozen meat ... 5,705.315 4.930,702 Butter find cheese ... 7,085,103 4,548,142 Tallow 515,612 659,720 — 1.189,572 Kauri gum 296,167 518,183 Hemp 1,174,006 530.665 rimber 417,299 894,672 Grain, whole and gro ind 83,972 78.706 OHicr Jf.Z. produce ... 2,048,469 1,680,344 Total N.Z. produce ...£29,453.324 £23,507,828 Be-exports 381.402 251.519 Specie 60,005 7,252 Total ... £29,884,731 £23,766,599 Tlio quantities for the principal exports for the same peri ods are, show n an tne following table : — 1016-17. 1913-14. ■Wool, lbs ... 182;043,634 196.499,896 Frozen moat, cwt. 2,523,833 2,846,411 Tallow, tons 12.223 23,139 Butter, cwt. ... 367.783 412.917 Dlieese, cwt 948,414 781,320 Kauri gum, tons 4.776 8,948 Hemp, tons 25,265 22,606 Wheat, bushels ' 45.632 6,790 Oats, bushels 5,667 140,991 The comparative values of imports to principal ports in 1913-14 and 1916-17 are as follow: — Ports. 1916-17. 1913-14. Auckland £6.406.881 £6.491.066 Wellintgon 6.818,777 5,865,748 Other North Island ports 1,123,989 1,285,395 Lyftelton 3,333,451 3,210.994 Dunedin 2.654,911 2,591.024 Other South Island Total North Island Total South Island Specio to oil ports Total dominion Total apart from spec: porta 1,017,762 1,461,131 ... 14,348,556 13,642,209 7,006,124 7,263,149 805,535 727,125 21,661,315 21,783,509 a ... £21,355.680 £21,056,384
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Otago Witness, Issue 3343, 10 April 1918, Page 7
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293EXPORTS AND IMPORTS Otago Witness, Issue 3343, 10 April 1918, Page 7
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