IMPORTS FALL
RESULT OF RESTRICTIONS. According to the monthly statistical bulletin of the Commonwealth Bank, the value of imports to Australia for the year ending June ,30 next should show a decrease of about £ A 15,000,000 on the year, provided the present reduced basis of imports persists. For some time under restrictions the flow of imports has been falling, and if the current rate continues imports will reach about £ A. 130.000,000 for 194041 compared with £ A 145,000,000 last year. Available estimates suggest that gold production and exports of merchandise, including appraised but not shipped. will be valued at about the same level as last year, that is about £ A167,000,000,
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 June 1941, Page 3
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