EXPORTS UP

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 261, 22 January 1941, Page 8

EXPORTS UP

DELIVERING THE GOODS STILL £1,365,485 FOR LAST AUGUST "The Nazi flag lias beeyi driven from the seas while our flag flies everywhere. Our export trade has been maintained with all parts of the world outside the territories occupied by the enemy." This message from the Minister for Overseas Trade,, Mr Harcourt Johnstone, M.P., lias been generously confirmed by the export figures for August subsequently announced. During that month the United Kingdom exported £32,554,729 worth of goods, or £1,365,485 worth more than during July. The total exports for the first eight months of the 3 r ear were of a value of £312, 630,969. There are many striking increases over the same period a year ago: over £5,000,000 worth more of chemicals, drugs and dyes; nearly £3,500,000 worth more cotton yarns and manufactures; also £2,500,000 more of 'woollens and worsteds; silk and artificial silk is up by close on £2,300,000; pottery and glass by over £2,000,000; electrical goods by over £1,500,000. "After twelve months of war," the Minister for Overseas Trade declares, "Britain is still delivering the goods to her overseas customers. German fcogus offers to South American countries to deliver German goods in September and October Svhcn Britain has been defeated' cut no ice in the face of our solid trade achievements. "The facts are that there is no sign of a single German ship delivering a single bale of goods anywhere across tlie Seven Seas."