OVERSEAS TRADE
BRITISH EXPANSION REVEALED
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, October 11
A further expansion in British overseas trade in September is revealed in 'preli-mii jt’ry Board .of Trade figures. Imports during last month were valued at £57,772,000, as against £56,754,000 in August and £54,272,000 in September of last year. The exports during September totalled £32,226,000. In the previous month, the value of exports was £30,997,000* while in September last year it was ' £26,229,000. Re-ex-ports of imported merchandise totalled last month £3,404,000 as against £4,300,00 in August, and £2,902,000 in September of last year.
An encouraging feature of the returns is that the chief increases in exports are under the heading of articles wholly or mainly manufactured. As compared with September 1932, their value has risen'from £19,751,000 to £24,642,000. The chief increase in imports related to raw materials. A review of the January—September period of the current year shows imports totalling £487.823,000 and exports £268,300,0''°. In the first nine months of 1932 the imports amounted to £520.213,000 and the exports to £271,197.000,
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