BRITISH TRADE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 298, 10 September 1921, Page 7

BRITISH TRADE

THE AUGUST RETURNS SHRINKAGE IN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, September 8. The Board of Trade returns for the inonth of September show a shrinkage in both export and import trades, as fel-lows-.—lmports decreased by £64,762,265; exports by .£63,551,028; re-exports by £3,370,568. Tlie principal decreases in imports were: Grain and flour, £10,352,542; dutiable food and drink, £4,737,778; wood and timber, £8,489,001; raw cotton, £7,264,004; raw wool, £4,624,527. The chief decreases in exports were: Iron, steel, and manufactures thereof, £8,367,668; cotton yarns and manufactures, £24,811,863; woollens, worsteds, yarns, and manufactures, £7,982,143; apparel, £3,114,460. The principal increase in imports was meat, £2,480,977. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. The following tables show the United Kingdom’s foreign trade for tho first eight months of this year, and the figures for the corresponding months of last year -. —

IMPORTS. January .... 1920. £ 183,342,988 1921. £ 117,050,783 February . 170,514,272 96,973,711 March 176/547,515 93,741,654 April 167,154,309 89,995,504 May 166,333,816 86,808,308 June 170,491,230 88,408,024 July 163,342,351 80.972,739 August 153,254,578 88,492,213 January .... EXPORTS. 1920. £ 105,879,909 1921. £ 92,756,094 February .. 85',964,130 68,221,731 March 103,699,381 66,808,961 April 106,251,692 59,867,585 Mav 119,319,422 43,088,418 Juno 116,352,350 38,152,238 July 137,451,904 43,172,399 August 114,903,335 51,352,307 January .... RE-EXPORTS.. 1920. £ 25,464,477 1921. £ 9,955,119 February .. 22,603,789 8,004,303 March 27,031,357 8,888,205 April 20,407,419 8,523,662 May 20,260,078 7,231,836 June 20,123,928 7,082,764 July 17,848,479 9,361,656 August 13,368,347 9,997,779