INCREASING EXPORTS.

Patea Mail, Volume XXXIX, 20 July 1914, Page 3

INCREASING EXPORTS.

ADVANCE isiNCE MARCH. Increase this year or €1,885,865. The shipments of produce have suoh an important bearing on the finanoial position of the country that a table showing the values exported each month since the sea* Bon opened will be of interest : 1912-13 1918.14 "■;».■. > £ October 953,202 696,775 November 1,148,094 517,197 December 1,704,810 1,825,507 .January 2,826.257 2 796,836 February 8,629,785 8,214.686 March 2,527,987 8.646,878 April I 2,862,445 2,979,548 May ■»' 2,050,220 2,644,666

£17,202,800/18,822,038 It will be seen that in spite of a very bad beginning, we are already OTer a million pounds ahead of last year for the first eight months. As a guide to the probable total for the year, it may be mentioned that (he value for the remaining four months of last year was £5,002,507, and for corresponding four months of 1912, £4002,800. These figures in all oases refer to the principal products only, and inolude only 20 articles. For the year ending September 30,1013, the principal produots exported, according to the above lists, were valued at £22,205, 807, but the total value of all oar exports for the period amounted to £23,682,461. This, compared with the total ot < 695 daring the previous 12 months, easily constituted a record, but a further record will be put up. this year when the figures are computed., The total exports for the last three oalenda> years compare thus:— - - * fi »* ending Exports Imports Dee. 81. £ ■ ■ . £ 1911 19,028:490 19.545,879 1912 21.770,581 21,086,741 1918 22,990,672 22,176,169 These figures afford evidence of the great Increase In New Zealand trade that is taking place at present. The imports for this year are not yet gazetted, but it will be Been that the value nf the priocipal products exported daring the first five months amounted to £15,282,559, compared with £18,396,694 during the same months of 1913, an advance of £1,885,865 in five months, / ,