BRITAIN'S FOREIGN TRADE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 164, 10 January 1912, Page 5

BRITAIN'S FOREIGN TRADE.

A SOLID INCREASE. By Cabl«—Press Association—Copyright London, January 7. The Board of Trade returns for December were issued yesterday. These show that, compared with December, 1910, there was a decrease of £4,107,447 in the value of imports, an increase of £1,147,769 in the exports of Home products, and a decrease of £1,156,770 in exports of foreign and colonial products. The full figures, with those for December, 1910 and 1909, arc as follow: 1911. 1910. 1909. ££ - £ Imports 65,025,703 09,133,150 00,785,883 Exports 38,571,879 37,424,110 33,789,897 Re-exports 8,719,849 9,876,770 9,634,921 TOTAL TRADE FOR FIVE YEARS. Tfte total trade for the year ended December 31, compared with that of the four previous years, was:— Imports. Exports. Re-exports. £ £ £ 1911 680,709,230 454,282,460 102,760,799 1910 678,440,173 430,589,811 103,776,104 1909 824,740,517 378,379,444 91,365,465 1908 592,951,487 377.103,824 79,623,697 1907 645,807,942 426,035,083 91,942,084 The whole of last year's trade showed an increase, over that of 1910, of £24,946,401. Imports were greater by £2,269,057, and exports by £23,692,649, but re-exports fell off by £1,016,305. The total volume of trade has been checked to a considerable degree during the last half-year, owing to strike troubles in Britain and the unsettled condition of affairs abroad, especially in the East.