Import and Export Returns for June
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THE Board of Trade returns for June, 1934, show that the value of imports of commercial vehicles, cars, chassis and accessories was £328,169, as contrasted with £213,901 for June, 1933, and £207,025 for June, 1932. The increase was mainly due to a big rise in imports from America. The value of imports for the first six months of the year was £1,683,090, tEe comparable return for 1933 being £1,233,092 and for the same period of 1932 £1,654,165.
The figures relating to the export of complete commercial vehicles show that 169 machines were exported in June of this year, their value being £52,977, the number being well below the figure (229) for June, 1933, although the value shows an increase from £51,102. In the case of commercial chassis, there was a useful increase in the exports, this year's figure being 639 for the month, as against 539 a year earlier and 392 in June, 1932. These figures, considered in relation to the value of the exports—£108,540 for June, 1934, £69,010 for June, 1933, and £75,515 for June, 1932—are of interest as indicating the trend in the demand for particular types of vehicle. For the six months ended June, 4,554 commercial chassis were exported, of a value of £647,995. Australia still continues to take a good share of British commercial-vehicle products, the number of vehicles exported to that country in June, 1934, being 270, as compared with 98 a year earlier.