STILL IN THE LEAD
NEW ZEALAND BRITAIN'S BEST CUSTOMER.
Figures qvtoted by the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Finance and Customs, show that New Zealand's imports from the United Kingdom have continued to compare favourably both in percentage of total imports and per head of population with other partis of the world. The statistics, which werje for 1933. were mentioned at the reception in "Wellington to Mr Robe,rt Boulter, C.M.G., who has recently been appointed his Majesty's Trade Camlmissioner in New Zealand.
Imports from the United Kingdom had been 51 per cent of the total last year, Mr Coates said. For South Africa they had been 46 per cent, for Australia 43 per cent, for India, 37 per cent, for Canada 24 per cent, and for Denmark 22 per cent (now 28 per cent). Thi r . showed by comparison that New Zealand had been by no means an unimportant factor in the purchase of manufactured goods from the United Kingdom,. The value of imports per head of population had been as follow: £ s d
" So you see," concluded Mr Coates, " we still have pride of place."
New Zealand 6 4 2 3 4 4 South Africa 2 15 9 1 12 11 1 11 Denmark ,354
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Waipa Post, Volume 48, Issue 3482, 21 June 1934, Page 4
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