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APPENDIX VII—TRADE AND COMMERCE (a) Imports and Exports: Countries of Origin and of Destination, 1947 and 1948 (Calendar Years)

(b) Exports, Imports, and Total Trade, 1919 to 1948

The following table shows trade figures at five-yearly intervals from 1919 to 1944 and for each of the last five years :

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— 1947. 1948. Imports £ £ New Zealand 289,892 380,149 Australia 133,396 102,958 United Kingdom 120,671 110,488 Canada 98,701 123,539 Fiji 23,338 38,605 India 12,927 32,154 United States of America 224,890 127,652 Other 19,958 45,483 Totals 923,773 962,028 Exports New Zealand 363,120 255,550 Australia 13,808 34,511 United Kingdom .. .. .. 671,558 597,185 Canada 245 51,638 United States of America 299,803 167,067 Other 3,236 2,307 Totals 1,351,770 1,108,258

Year. Value of Value of i Total Exports. Imports. Trade. £ £ £ 1919 .. 532,500 291,368 823,868 1924 361,418 274,803 636,221 1929 .. .. 293,938 288,849 582,787 1934 .. 128,117 92,784 220,901 1939 .. 220,409 194,736 415,145 1944 391,317 460,764 852,081 1945 630,446 398,760 1,029,206 1946 .. 719,050 478,695 1,197,745 1947 .. 1,351,770 923,773 2,275,543 1948 .. 1,108,858 962,028 2,070,886