BRITISH TRADE IMPROVES
EXPORTS SHOW BIG INCREASE RISE OF ONE-THIRD IN TWO YEARS (British Official Wireless) (Received October 15, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, October 14. A substantial increase in exports compared with a year ago is a feature of the overseas trade figures for September and for the first three-quarters of the year. Exports last month were at the level of £10,000,000, or over 30 per cent, higher in value than two years before. The United Kingdom exports were valued at £44,263,070 against £36,960,737 in September 1936. Imports were valued at £87,809,166 against £71,895,000 for the year before, and re-exports £5,205,678 against £3,914,729 in the two periods. The growth of exports over the nine-month period compared with the year before amounts to £65,559,825. The exports of coal in September amounted to 3,656,692 tons against 3,030,520 tons in September 1936 and for the nine months the figures were up from 25,419,948 tons in 1936 to 29,881,638 tons this year. There has been a similar increase in the exports of iron and steel.
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Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 7
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