TARANAKI’S EXPORTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1921, Page 4

TARANAKI’S EXPORTS.

LAST YEAR’S TOTAL. WORTH OVER FOUR MILLIONS. INCREASE PROMISED THIS YEAR. The value of the exports from Taranaki during the year ended December 31, 1920, amounted to £4,168,835, as compared with £5,058,447 in 1919 and £2,656,754 in 1918. The total for 1918 was low because of lack of shipping through which there was a great accumulation of produce in cold storage at the end of tl>e year. The figures for 1919 were, as a further consequence, somewhat fictitious because most of that accumulation waa shipped during the year. Perhaps the average of the two totals, or about £5,850,000, would fairly accurately represent the annual production for export, in which case the 1920 total shows a fair increase over previous years. The following table shows how the totals for the three years were made up:—

Totals £2,656,754 £5,058,447 £4,188,835 The exports were divided among three ports—New Plymouth* Waitara, and Patea—in the following proportions:— 1918. 1919. 1920. £ £ £

Already this year produce to the value of over £850,000 has been shipped from New Plymouth and Waitara, as compared with £380,623 worth in January and February, 1920, an increase of nearly £500,000, so that 1921 should show a substantial advance upon the 1920 total.

1910. £ 1919. £ 1920. £ Butter 500,254 453,613 219,055 Cheese 1. 3,351,398 2,005,047 Frozen meat 252,103 481,022 698,411 Wool 83,130 317,094 287,065 Hides and skins 91,870 57,287 181,604 Tallow 28,725 114,158 94,711 Timber 31,204 —— Sundries 81,822 272,013 102,892

New Plymouth 1,113.557 2,133,601 1,869,185 Waiters. 214,007 555,265 486,128 Patea 1,329,100 2,369,581 1,813,522