Britain's Growing Trade. TINNED MEAT IMPORTS DROP MORE FRUIT EATERS.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 2, 1 December 1906, Page 66

Britain's Growing Trade. TINNED MEAT IMPORTS DROP MORE FRUIT EATERS.

The Board of Trade returns issued showfurther enormous increases in Britain's oversea trade. As compared with the same month last year, imports were greater in value by £3,867,836 and exports by £5,621,911. The imports for the whole of last year showed an increase of £14,240,774 ; for the seven months of this year the increase is £31,299,367. Exports last year increased £29,312,427, but this yeai they have already increased £30,509,206. The following table gives the values of trade — July 1906. July. 1905. Increase. Imports — £48,609,674 .. £44,741,838 .. £3,867,836 Exports — £33442,962 .. £27,821,051 .. £5,621,911 Seven months. Seven months 1906. 1905 Increase. Importb — - £349,146,766 .. £317,847,399 .. £31,299,367 Exports — £214,036,478 .. £183,527,272 .. £30,509,206 The impoitb oi tinned meat show a decrease during July of 2,687 cwt representing a value of £i 8,975 are daily becoming more fruitarian apparently In July th«y took £29 088 of apples, as against £24 589 at the same time last year ; £236 265 worth of bananas, compared with £185,941 ; £63,569 worth of cherries, as against £61,340 ; £116 735 worth of raw currants, as against £76,663 ; £10,549 worth of raw gooseberries, as against £3 712 ; and £48 946, worth of raw pears as against £22,813. Stiawberiy imports were four times as great — £12 672, as against £2,975 ln l 9Os-