BRITISH TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1917, Page 6

BRITISH TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND.

! -*otwitlistahding the existing conditions, the share of the 'U'nited Kingdom in the trade of New Zealand is increasing, and is now greater than it was i,*i the year 1014 (says a recent number of the Hardware Trade 'Journal). The following table, furnished by Mr. R. W. Dalton, British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, shows the share of each of the countries named in tbo total imports into New Zeaalnd in 1:01-!-. 101.5, and the first nine months of

The total imports into Now Zealand during the fir-t" nine months of IOKi were valued at. £in,4SS,7Si.l, as compared with £]6,140,200 in the corresponding period of 1!)K, an increase of £3,348,593, or over 20 per cent. ' A feature of the present commercial situation in New Zealand is the continued increase of imports from Japim, the industrial condition of which country enables it to compete successfully with a number of British manufacturers n: better quality and appreciably higher cost. Throughout the country districts, though there is some shortage of labor, tlie outlook is encouraging.

Prom MM MM MM United Kingdom .. .. r>1.5 43.11 , r i'2.i) United States 11.7 13.1 13,r, Japan ; 1.0 1.0 2.0 Australia 12.3 12.8 l'C.C 2.1 3.7 2.4 Other Countries ... • 21.4 19.S 11.'. ' 100.0 100.0 100.0