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Comparative statistics for the last five years are as follows :

Imports from New Zealand reached a record level, and, as was the case during the previous year, they greatly exceeded in volume the imports from all other sources. The following table sets out the quantities and values of the principal exports over the period of the last five years :

The full effect of the increase in the f.o.b. price for eopra in 1948 is clearly shown in the above table by a comparison of the quantity and value for the last year with those of the preceding years.

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Country of Origin. 1944. 1945. 194G. 1947. 1948. New Zealand Australia United Kingdom United States of America Western Samoa Other Totals .. .. 1 New Zealand . . Australia .. . . Western Samoa .. Other .. . . . . | Totals . . .. 1 IMI £ 25,140 87.1 2,453 181 1,106 303 out Values £ 23,620 251 2,935 10 116 40 £ 37,984 643 6,503 730 21 796* ' £ 52,290 1,485 1,721 1 j 074 2,226f £ 57,962 1,538 6,452 458 49 3,049J 30,054 26,972 46,677 58,796 69,508 Ex] 21,909 1,307 35 pobt Values 27,674 1,662 132 29,721 6,142 10 42,266 2,926 399 45,046 1,677 46 23,251 1 29,468 35,873 45,591 46,769 ♦Includes India, £585. flncludes Karotonga, £1,070. {Includes India, £1,082,

1944. 1945. 1946. Item. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ Copra 617 13,272 415 9,986 352 10,179 Cases. Cases. Cases. Bananas .. 1,200 626 7,662 4,141 9,346 5,335 Tons. Tons. Kumaras 10 141 20 292 Native plaited ware * 8,977 * 14,683 * 19,652 194? 1948. Item. Quantity. j: i Value. 1 Quantity. Value. Copra Tons. £ Tons. £ 695 28,505 572 29,571 Cases. v Bananas 1,008 660 Kumaras . , • Native plaited ware .. * 15J 797 * 16,262 • * Signifies no satisfactory unit of measurement.