DOMINION’S TRADE
A SERIOUS DECLINE FIGURES ROE JANUARY (Per Pross Association.) WELLINGTON ,la»t night. , A heavy decline in the Dominion s oversea tijade is shown in the January returns issued by the Customs Depart inent. The declared value of the exports last month was lower than for some years, and showed a fall of £2,637.500, compared with January of last year, and of over £4,709.000, as compared with January in 1929- , ,' ~ The value of the imports lor the month, at £3.012,055, was also lower than for years. The 'figures for last month and tor January, 1930, compare as follows: January, 1931, exports, £3,740,329; January, 1930, £6,377,853—a decrease of £2,637,524. Imports, January, 1931. £3,012,055; January, 1930, £4,190,632 a. decrease of £1,178,577. The excess of exports for January, 1931, was £728,274, and for January, 1930 £2,187,221—a decrease of £1,348,947.'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17503, 27 February 1931, Page 2
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137DOMINION’S TRADE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17503, 27 February 1931, Page 2
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