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The origin of Western Samoa imports is interesting: New Zealand, £71,396 (£53,218) ; United Kingdom, £42,365 (£31,165) ; Australia, £40,857 (£27,530) ; Japan, £39,613 (£17,781) ; United States of America, £21,252 (£11,636) ; Canada, £14,306 (£7,239) ; Dutch East Indies. £9,166 (£5,959) ■ Fiji, £7,143 (£4,464) ; India, £6,551 (£4,114) ; Germany, £3,760 (£1,176) ; China, £2,139 ; and Burma' £5,354. Figures in parentheses relate to the year 1936. The destination of exports from the Mandated Territory were, in 1937 : United Kingdom, £66,578 (£64,570) ; New Zealand, £75,054 (£56,869) I Germany, £11,366 ; Holland, £19,124 (£17,682) ; United States of America, £56,445 (£14,762) ; and Australia,. £4,716. New Zealand ranked first both as a supplier of goods to Samoa and as a purchaser of that territory's products in 1937, the chief commodities imported being bananas, 188,320 cases, valued at £70,44*7 ; and cocoa-beans, 57 tons, valued at £3,450. Exports from New Zealand were principally tinned meats, £19,822 (£13,732) ; sugar, £11,529 (£10,381) ; butter, £3,360 (£2,422) ; vegetables, £1,754 (£1,115) ; and dressed timber, £1,245 (£1,017). Principal items exported to the United Kingdom were copra, £23,254 (£38,540) ; and cocoa-beans £39,048 (£24,417). The principal exports from Western Samoa during the past five calendar years are shown in Table XX, both quantities and values being shown :—
Table XX. —Principal Exports from Western Samoa.
Cook and Niue Islands. Here, again, a marked increase in trade is apparent from Table XXI hereunder, increases being recorded in both exports and imports : —
Table XXI. —Total Trade, Cook and Niue Islands.
The distribution of the trade is shown in Table XXII hereunder :—
Table XXII. —Direction of Trade of Cook and Niue Islands, 1937.
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! Copra. Cocoa-beans. Bananas. Year ended 31st .December, ~~ Tons. Value. Ions. Value. Cases. Value. £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) 1933 .. .. 11,526 101,347 899 41,813 81,983 26,999 1934 .. .. 8,948 60,654 1,027 29,498 96,225 35,796 1935 .. .. 12,501 108,695 576 19,639 109,000 38,146 1936 .. .. 13,014 156,873 1,065 46,607 128,045 46,737 1937 .. .. 13,340 199,747 1,253 71,138 188,320 70,447
Exports. Imports. Year ended 31st December, » — Cook Islands. Niue Islands, j Total. Cook Islands. Niue Islands. Total. £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) 1933 .. .. 73,983 11,542 85,525 76,716 13,123 89,839 1934 .. .. 59,307 12,341 71,648 61,449 13,372 74,821 1935 .. .. 53,599 12,076 65,675 61,676 15,288 76,964 1936 .. .. 67,556 22,992 90,548 72,576 24,662 97,238 1937 .. .. 86,333 23,321 109,654 86,534 29,309 115,843
Exports. Imports. Country. From Cook Prom Niue , Into Cook Into Niue . , Islands. Islands. iotaL Islands. Islands. Tota1 ' £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) New Zealand .. .. 57,996 .. .. 60,563 11,144 71,707 Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,227 391 9,618 United Kingdom .. .. 986 .. . . 8,228 541 8,769 United States of America .. 27,351 .. .. 4,322 . 302 4,624 Japan .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,368 72 2^440 Canada .. .. .. .. .. .. 620 .. 620 Western Samoa .. .. . . .. . . 77 588 665 Other countries. .. .. .. .. .. 1,129 16,271 17,400 Totals .. .. 86,333 23,321 109,654 86,534 29,309 115,843