TRADE DECLINE.
-.'. £99,000,000 DECREASE IN ELEVEN . . MONTHS. In the first eleven mointKs of 1908 Britain's trade ivitli countries' abroad was £99,184,258 '" less than in the same period .-last-'year.' ■': In November the decline, as compared with November 1907, was £13,952,411, In October .'...- tho decline, as compared with 1907, was" : £12,223,112; '.".:. : . / Tho imports; and exports for ;Novembeiy and for the'eleven months, January to November, are given in tho Board of Trade re turns as follow:— Imports. November '■'-.. .. £49,908,29! ' • : Decline on 1907, £7,237,650. ' January-November £536,371,1ir • ... " Decline on 1907, £53,539,401. ■ -.. Exports. November' '.„.......... „..,.' £29,147.415 '"■- :. : . Decline on 1907, £6,714,761. "' January-November £347,818,003 - Decline on 1907, £45,644,857. The falling-off is principally due to decline! in raw materials imported and .in manufactured goods exported. Tho principal declines in exports' of manufactured good* aro: Cotton,goods ...'...; £3,283,44flWoollens 572,179 Other yarns and textiles ............. 279,27? Iron'-and steel G67*4lS Machinery '-■;. ........................... 271,371 / In November imports of grain and flour ■"- were £866,523 less than in 1907. ;'ln the. eloven months, out ..'of. a total. do>-- ' crease in imports of £53,539,401, raw materials are responsible for £37,824,476. Of tlio total decrease of £45,644,857' in■•. exports,' • manufactured .roods account for £41,805196
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 9
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183TRADE DECLINE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 9
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