The Returns of Foreign Trade for August show large increases
in value in imports, exports—in which the previous "record" for a single month has been surpassed—and re- exports. We quote from Monday's Times the comparative table showing the values for August and the eight months ending with August, together with the increase as compared with the corresponding periods of 1191 :—
AUGUST, 1912.
Imports Exports Re-exports
£59,686,976 + £9,138,047 -I- 180 per cent.
... 43,778,721 -I-- 7,696,021 ± 21.3 „ „
9,957,760 + 3,308,628 -I- 491
EIGHT MONTHS ENDED Al7GUST, 1912.
Imports
£471,863,694 -I- £36,144,365 + 8.2
Exports 311,078,126 -I- 16,719,493 + 56 Re-exports
74,885,150 -I- 5,169,855 -I- 74
In regard to imports the rise in the value of articles of food, drink, and tobacco is partly due to higher prices generally prevailing. In the department of exports the increase is divided as follows : articles wholly or mainly manufactured, £5,308,769; raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured, £1,446,756; food, drink, and tobacco, £870,387.
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