NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 338, 20 January 1937, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS Interesting Figures Taken From Year Book. . Statistics showing the value of production of exports, of imports, of commodities available for consumption per head in New Zealand, published in the New Zealand official Year Book for 1-937, just issued, make interesting reading. In most instances the years dealt with cover fiom 1927 to 1935, and there is definite evidence of recovery from the depression. The worst years were, generally speaking. 1932. 1933 and 1934. An. interesting table shows the value of goods produced in the Dominion in 1926 was £110,890,000, and in 1929 the value reached £126,800,000. Then production fell away until in 1932 it had dropped to £83.600,000, but had later showed renewed activity, and in 1935 had gone up to £97,000,000. All Values are given in New Zealand currency. Exports in 1929 were valued at £56,100,000, but had dropped to £36,900,000 in 1932. In 1935 the value gone up to £43,000,000. In 1926 imports to the Dominion reached a value of £52,100,000 and there was a serious drop through succeeding years until, in 19*t, the value of imports was only £24,700,000. From that year there had been a recovery and in 1935 imports rose to £34,300,000. Available for Use. Goods, available for use per heed varied considerably. In 1926 the value of goods available for use per head was £B3. The three succeeding years saw a drop to £79, £75 and £BO. but in 1930 the value per head jumped to £B3: That value was considerably higher than in any year since and in 1935 the value of goods available for use per head was but £57. The complete table shows that between 1926 and 1929 the values of ; production and of exports increased steadily, imports declined, but there was little change in the value of goods available for use in the Dominion. Between 1929 and 1932 all values fell sharply, the greatest fall being In the value of imports. It is set out in the statistics that the aggregate private income exceeding the value of goods available for use in 1934-35 was from 20 to 25 per cent. An interesting feature is the assessment of the relative proportions of New Zealand produced goods and of imported goods in the total quantum of goods entering Into consumption. Over a period of nine years, 1927-1935, the proportions were approximately 60 per cent, of Neiw Zealand-produced goods and 40 per cent, imported goods.