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Detailed trade figures for the past two calendar years are as follows :

Quantities and Values of Principal Exports

Trade figures since 1919, shown at five-yearly periods and for the last four years, are as follows :

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— 1946. 1947. Import Values £ £ New Zealand 172,487 289,892 Australia 73,806 133,396 United Kingdom 107,268 120,671 Canada 23,503 98,701 Fiji 14,067 23,338 India 10,196 12,927 United States of America 65,858 224,890 Other 11,510 19,958 Totals 478,695 923,773 Export Values New Zealand 269,504 363,120 Australia 11,964 13,808 United Kingdom 216,843 671,558 Canada 59,639 245 United States of America 145,253 299,803 Other 15,847 3,236 Totals 719,050 1,351,770

1946. 1947. Tons. £ Tons. £ Copra 13,795 340,669 18,181 722,272 Cocoa beans 1,885 207,109 2,378 448,794 Cases. Cases. Bananas . N 172,823 86,421 101,754 70,317 Tons. Tons. Rubber 80 17,827 25£ 3,941 Desiccated coconut 568 50,462 615$ 83| 79,249 Dried bananas 46 10,118 18,851

Year. Value of Value of 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