DOMINION'S TRADE.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1920, Page 5

DOMINION'S TRADE.

MARCH QUARTER RETURNS. 1 . "| RECORD VALUE OF IMPORTS. ''i , Exports from the Dominion, during, ttttf quarter ended March 91 war* falued'. *t ! | £n,418,78'8, and imports at £B,79LjOMj9 the latter figure being the highest on;| record. In the corresponding qutrsr:l of last year the exports amounted to'l ■#13,982,880, and the Imports-to £B*oo,. 1 730. The comparison for the toitfiar* > 1919-20 and 1918-19 is as follow*:- ,1 ' 1919.20 1918-19. "I p*p° r " 50,776,050 tt,m»ns tap""" 31,161.770 B«,«STj3^ Bx'cass of Exports £18,614,880 £R,BJT,6OS : —. lmports recorded during the quarter at the principal ports are as follow: , Auckland, £2,821,330, an increase of ' £287,2411 over the March quarter of last year; Wellington, £3,417,562, an in- ' crease of £121481; Lyttelton, £1,588,. 030, an increase of £461,193; and v ©un- » edin, £1,159,572, an increase of £384.1 ', 291. .»»»w»,-i / The return for the four quarters- of '{ the fiscal years, ending March 31, 1980,.'i and 1919, are as follow: { Quarter cualne 1919-20. 1918-18. ■ j 'W? »» 7,676:778 .8J&A«1 !85*"« •::::::: Jffl &&* T °t»ls £32.161,770 , The quarter's returns' show a aHght'l decline in the value of imports fipn ': the United Kingdom, compared yrJUMho ' March quarter of last year.". Imparts' from the United States wer«7mudi i larger, while those from Japa* by nearly 50 per cent.. : The^tirainitt-3 the fiscal years for the principal eoufc*- I tries are as follow: ' '■ 1919-20 1818-18. 1$ K"M J, K ' n «*Wi'-.' 11.542,389 ' United States .... 8.088,068 ■'■ -«s**»» ' ■JT .../.::::■-: .-liftar^BH- - A striking ..{ the decline in the value of taports from v Japan. . j ' j