TRADE RETURNS
BRITISH EXPORTS INCREASE
IMPORTS DECREASE
RUGBY, May. 11.
A substantial reduction in the value of imports, accompanied by a marked increase in that of exports, is shown in the April overseas trade returns. The value of imports in April totalled £53,227,000, compared with £61,119,000 in the preceding month and £69,950,000 in March,. 1931.
The exports in April were valued at £34,782,000. In the previous month the total was £31,196,000 and in April of last year £32,483,000. The excess of imports over exports in April was £13,804,000. Last month the excess was £24,499,000 and in April of last year there was an excess of £30,878,000. -•
As measured at the Board of Trade the average of wholesale prices in April showed on the balance a decline bf 2. ; 2 per cent., as compared with March. The index numbers for the two months were 85.7 and 87.6 respectively. The tables are. based on the index figure for 1930, equalling 100. ' s
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 118, 13 May 1932, Page 3
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