BIG TRADE DECLINE.
British Returns for Last Quarter. ALL ROUND DECREASES. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 14, 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 13. The Board of Trade returns for the quarter show that imports decreased by £15,020,000, exports by £16.494,000, and re-exports by £1,927,000. The principal decreases are: Imports —Grain and flour, £1,042,000; meat, £1,170,000; dutiable food and drink, £1.207,000: wood and timber, £1,668,000; raw wool^l.040,000; oil and seeds, etc., £876,000; non-ferrous metals, £751,000; oils, fats and manufactures of that nation, £2,716,000. Exports—Food and drink, £1,119,000; coal, £1,021,000; iron and steel and manufactured iron and steel, £2,295,000; machinery, £1,746,C00: cotton yarns and cotton manufactures, £2,093,000; woollen yarns and manufactured goods, £760,000; vehicles, £1,859,000.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 192, 14 August 1931, Page 1
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114BIG TRADE DECLINE. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 192, 14 August 1931, Page 1
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