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Britain's Poor Share of the Export Trade in Agrimotors.
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REFERENCE has previously been mude in these columns to the important overseas trade transacted by American makers of agricultural tractors. The figures relating to the exports of such machines from the United States during the past year, which have just become available, reveal such important facts that we feel justified in again alluding to the subject, in order that the attention of British tractor manufacturers may be drawn to the Immense possibilities that exist for the use of agrimotors in foreign markets.
The returns in question show that no ?ewer than 58,276 farm tractors of D54 a gross value of £7,420,485 were exported from the United States during last year as compared with 49,984 (0,656,320) in 1926. The returns show that more than half the machines —38,894, to give the correct number— were of a light type designed for the haulage of twin ploughs. Of threeplough tractors 15,989 were exported, of four-plough tractors 1,680, and of track-laying machines 1,267.
According to a statistical return lately issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, only 304 British tractors of a value of 06,591 were exported from this country during the nine months ended with September last. If the same proportion of shipments were maintained during the final quarter of the year, this would only give a British total for 1927 of 405 machines, which is utterly insignificant in contrast with the American total.
In view of the importance of the subject it may be useful to draw attention to the markets which are the biggest buyers of American agrimotors. In the order of their importance these are Canada, which is responsible for over a fifth of the total, Russia, Italy, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, the Argentine/ Africa and Spain.