BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.
BIG DECREASE IN IMPORTS. LONDON, March 13. The value of imports into Britain during February compared with the corresponding period of last year decreased by £27,635,579, and exports by £9,886,621. The exports increased by £2,169,857. The principal decreases? were:—ln imports.—Meat, £6,380,163; grain and flour, £3,282,860; other nondutiable food and drink, £8,253,836; steel, £2,269,995; and in exports: cotton yarns and. manufactures, £6,690,333; iron and steel, £2,557,206; and woollen and worsted yarns, £1,867,603. The principal increases are:—ln imports: Dutiable food and drink, £2,537,131, and in exports, vehicles, including locomotives, ships and aircraft, £5,576,717. The lead imports last month totalled £15,981 tons, of which 6,678 came from Australia. The exports amounted' to 5325 tons.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18431, 15 March 1922, Page 9
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114BRITISH TRADE RETURNS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18431, 15 March 1922, Page 9
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