OVERSEAS TRADE
A FAVOURABLE BALANCE. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, May 21. Figures for the overseas trade of New " Zealand (including specie) for the month of April and the four months ended April, compared with the corresponding periods last year, are as follows (in the case of imports the recorded value only is given. In the case of exports and the balance the figures are in terms of New Zealand currency). Expts.'lmpts. Ex of Expts. £ £ £ April, 1934 5.408.418 1,978,987 2,994.000 April, 1933 3,494.041 1,470,571 1,691,000 Four Months. 1934 . . 23,493,051 7,933,189 13.808.000 1933 . . 16,542,023 6,973.898 8.023,000 1932 . . 15,905,272 7,605,006 7.710,000 The value of the specie excluded from the above return was as follows: Exports. Imports. April, 1934 .... 0 101,200 Four months ended. Exports. Imports. April, 1934 . . . 373,000 395,000 In the official statistics imports from Australia are recorded in terms of Australian currency and imports from other countries in sterling.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19805, 22 May 1934, Page 11
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147OVERSEAS TRADE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19805, 22 May 1934, Page 11
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