OUR TRADE BOTH WAYS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 808, 4 May 1910, Page 8

OUR TRADE BOTH WAYS

FOR THE YEAR. EXPORTS INCREASE BY .£660,533.. A return of the estimated value of the imports into "Wellington for the twelve months ended March 31 last shows that goods valued at <£4,224,809 were brought into the port, a decrease of £653,683, as compared with the figures for the financial year ended March 31,1909. Taking the four quarters of the year separately it is seen that there is a falling off in the value of the imports in every quarter with the exception of that ending t June. which shows an increase of =£45,762 over the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The decrease in the September quarter was £331,759, December quarter £60,528, and March quarter, .£257,158, i IMPORT. VALUES. ' The following table gives the estimated value .of imports for the twelve months ended March 31, together with the figures fbr the same period last year:— June Quarter. 1909. 1908.' .£1,028,516 £982,754 September Quarter. 1909. 1908. X 1,114,049 £1,495,808. . December Quarter. 1909. 1908. ,£1,079,869 •£1,140,397 March Quarter.. 1910. 1909. X 1,002,375 .£1,259,533 Total Annual Figures. 1903-10. 1908-9.' JE4.224.809 £4,878,i92 As is noticeable for years back, the United Kingdom continues to provide the bulk of' the imports, the total value of goods coming from this source for the twelve months being £2,517,941, ot £544,748 less than during the previous twelve months. The imports from Australia fell away by £3323, but the heaviest decreases are from America and Europe, the decline being .£79,076 and £17,379 respectively. Other decreases, as compared with the previous twelve months are:—Pacific Islands, £5096; Africa, £959,; and Asja, £2602.

SOURCES OF: OUR SUPPLY. Detailed figures of imports from cach country are as under;— United Kingdom. 1909-1910.. riS-1909. £2,517,941 .£3,062,689 • Australia. ,£843,024 £846,847 - Pacific Islands. £37,405 £42,501 • . Afrioa. £1,899 £2,858 Asia. £174,957 . £177,559 America. £423,233' ' £502,309 Europe. ( £226,350 £243,729 THE INCREASED EXPORTS. The total. value of exports for the year ended March 31 was £4,046,356, which shows an increase of £660,533 when compared with the value of the exports for the previous twelvo 'months. Right

throughout the year the increase is noticeable, but the June' and March quarter* show particularly heavy rises. The increases are:—June quarter, .8221,043; September quarter, <£40,891; December quarter, .638,240; March quarter, .£360,359. Detailed figures for the year just closed and for the previous twelve months are:— June Quarter. 1909. 1908. wCBID,O7O <£598,027 September Quarter. 1009. -1908. -£364,152 ,£323,261 December Quarter. 1909. . 1908. £828,039 £789,799 March Quarter--1910. 1909. £2,035,095 £1,674,736 Total Annual Figures. £4,046,356 £3,385,823 WHERE THE EXPORTS GO. As shown in.the imports, so the*bulk of the export trade was. with the United Kingdom, the increase in this trade being from £2,820,573 in 190S-09 to £3,612,867 for tho twelve months just closed, a rise of £792,291. The export of goods, to Australia also shows an increase of £28,157, the rise being from £199,795 to £227,952.' Europe took £18,421 worth more produce, etc., than in the previous year, Africa rose by £5621, Asia by £2021, and the Pacific Islands by £1053. In the case of America a marked decline is noticeable, the falling away being £187,034, or from £318,962 to £131,928. Detailed figures are:— United Kingdom. 1909-10. 1908-09. £3,612,867 .£2,820,573 Australia. £227,952 . £199,795 ' Pacific Islands. £5,199 £4,146 Asia. £2,253 £232 . Africa. £40,682 * £35,061 America. £131,928 £318,962 Europe. £25, m JE7.051