FOREIGN TRADE
BRITAIN’S POSITION. CONTINUED EXPANSION. (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, June 14. The continued expansion of British foreign trade is revealed in a considerable increase in imports and exports for May compared with both the previous month and May last year. Exports have risen by nearly 9 per cent., while imports are almost 10 per cent, higher than in April. The imports of food, drink and tobacco show an increase of over £4,000,000 compared with the previous month, but are slightly lower than in May, 1933, while raw material imports, though lower than in the previous month, have increased by £2,450,000 compared 7.'ith last year. The most satisfactory features of the return are that the chief increases in exports continue to be in manufactured goods, and that a large part of the increase in imports is due to raw materials, although there has been an appreciable increase in the imports of manufactured goods.
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Southland Times, Issue 22351, 16 June 1934, Page 5
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156FOREIGN TRADE Southland Times, Issue 22351, 16 June 1934, Page 5
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