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Exports. The table hereunder sets out the quantities ancl values of the principal commodities (excluding specie) exported from New Zealand in each of the past two calendar years : —

Principal Exports (excluding Specie).

The 1936 figures reveal increases over 1935 in quantities and values of exports of butter, chilled beef, rabbit-skins, wool, kauri-gum, Phormium tenax, apples, and milk (dried and preserved). There was a smaller quantity of frozen mutton and beef exported, with a corresponding lower aggregate return. Values of cheese, hides and calf-skins, and pelts improved considerably, while there was a decrease in the return for sausage-casings, although an increase in quantity occurred. The most notable increase in both quantity and value was that of wool, in which commodity the quantity exported increased by almost 50 per cent., and value by upwards of 80 per cent. The direction of our export trade in 1936 is disclosed in the following table, which shows also the percentages of total exports to such , countries. For comparative purposes figures for the three previous years are also given :—

Direction of New Zealand's Export Trade, with Percentages of Total Exports.

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1935. 1936. Item. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. £(N.Z.) £(N.Z.) Butter.. .. .. Cwt. 2,789,298 13,616,740 2,796,145 15,317,576 Cheese.. .. .. „ 1,727,552 4,376,512 1,658,206 5,122,438 BeefChilled .. .. „ 110,247 188,511 240,433 382,469 Frozen „ 707,339 791,200 495,564 607,378 Lamb, frozen .. .. „ 2,605,526 8,184,521 2,603,805 8,417,209 Mutton, frozen .. .. „ 1,025,305 1,837,600 883,844 1,672,522 Hides and calf-skins .. No. 1,788,003 685,873 1,608,789 761,511 Rabbit-skins .. .. ,, 13,536,745 395,090 16,928,931 763,961 Pelts .. .. .. „ 11,765,293 894,181 10,847,249 1,245,993 Wool .. .. .. Bales 647,801 7,096,873 909,132 13,293,583 Tallow.. .. .. Tons 25,277 630,638 26,095 628,310 Kauri-gum .. .. „ 2,872 79,113 3,237 96,961 Gold .. .. .. Oz. 172,779 1,452,940 168,914 1,404,973 Sausage-casings.. .. Lb. 4,192,001 787,261 4,416,070 641,393 Phormium tenax .. Tons 4,101 57,553 5,707 106,942 Apples.. .. ..Lb. 37,790,819 467,422 44,806,173 552,902 Grass-seed .. .. Cwt. 71,649 215,738 69,290 197,022 Timber .. .. Sup. ft. 39,585,198 364,359 26,993,334 265,108 Milk (dried or preserved) .. Lb. 20,783,080 370,890 23,742,354 405,801 Other items .. .. .. .. 4,056,813 .. 4,868,688 Total exports .. ... .. 46,538,678 .. 56,751,940

1033. 1934. 1935. 1936. ... Yalue - centage. | centage. [centage. ™ne. \^ e British possessions, protectorates, &c -— • : . 6(N.Z.) .. -£(N.Z.) £(N.2.) £(N.Z.) United Kingdom .. . . 86-03.38,629,240 81-59 38,921,568 83-63 45,492,989 80-15 India •• •• 34,326 0-08 "65,161 0-14 60,956" 0-13 125,826 0-22 Ceylon .. .. .. 2,670 0-01 - 393 0-00 1,528 0-00 1,401 0-00 South African Union ... 14,427 0-03 -29,152 0-06 27,504 0-06 21,855 0--03 Canada .. .. .. 560,875 1-37 6,97,865 1-46 656,984 1-41 1,103,008 1-S6 Australia .. .. .. 1,393,391 3-40 1,882,516 3-98 1,781,811 3-83 1,843,475 3-25 Fiji ■■ 87,035 0-21 85,493 0-18 86,191 0-19 102,076 0-17 Other British countries .. 153,516 0-37 190,581 0-42 241,999 0-52 272,736 0-52 Total, British countries 37,522,149 91-50 41,580,.401 87-83 41,778,541 89-77 48,963,366 86-30 Foreign countries and possessions— ' . ... United States of America .. 1,188,972 2-91 1,250,364 2-64 2,468,071 5-30 2,877,752 5-07 France •• •• •• 738,176 1-80 1,228,699 2-60 484,610 1-04 1,646il68 2-90 Belgium .. .. .. 330,284 0-81 612,646 1-29 647,212 1-39 618,356 1-09 Germany .. .. . 3.76,886 0-92 944:,310 . . 2-00: 165,30.4 0-36 . 272,481 0-48 Japan •• •• 354,462 0-86 856,014 1-81 432,495 0-93 1,554,837 2-74 Dutch East Indies .. .. 5,496 0-02 2,548 0-01 2,235 0-01 1,894 0-00 Other foreign countries .. 489,494 1-20 867,865 1-82 560,210 1-20 817,086 1-42 Total, foreign countries 3,483,770 8-50 5,762,446 12-17 4,760,137 10-23 7,788,574 13-70 Totals, all countries .. 41,005,919 100-00 47,342,847 100-00 46,538,678 100-00 56,751,940 100-00