DECREASE IN IMPORTS
■7■ . < :< ■ t/v/;DROP OF ABOUT 24 PER CENT. (FEWER VESSELS BRING CARGO. Owingt® economic condition* it w**. ;. <mly7to be expected that the' imports ■A during thp-year should have decreased. . W?®tr;eyidentiin;.the -**•* : imports, which have 'fallen lower -i .than- the .-aggregate., recorded in 1926. , i with last year’s import* J frpmj,overseas there is a decrease - ,of about 24,yer cent, in 1030.; The .total.importe''during -tHp ‘year; from/coastal, in- , <ter-«ion»l.tand /overseas, port* will be about .-h33>lao ' tons. This figure. is an approximation, as the aggregate for De•etnber will ,not be : available definitely '■ - «ntil January. ‘ n ' X The total of oversea* imports this year waa 56,117 tons, but; should the; 7 jWaikawa discharge her cargo from the Pacific Coast before January, as is .expected, the figure will be.about. 56,867 tons. Last , year the overseas import* were a 'record/.for; the- port, totalling JiMl5 ton*.‘ ‘ ' The drop in imports of manure* ha* eontributbd greatly to the decrease in ;/ the inward figures. Benzine and kerosene from pacific Coast ports have'also fallen ; off this. year. ’.’//'•:• •//a Imports from overseas- have; /been brought to- New Plymouth by only - 32 ; vessels tHs -year, whereas in 1929 38 Tassels had inward cargo! i • ; ,
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1930, Page 14
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