Fiji’S Trade

Decrease For Year

From Our Own Correspondent

SUVA, January 29.

THE figures for 1930 of the total trade of the Colony have been published.

They show a decrease compared with 929- The import for 1930 totalled £1,219,184, as against £1,468,609 for 1929 The customs duty collected was £288, - 762, against £320,108.

The exports were as follows (those for 1929 are in brackets): Sugar: 90,970 tons, value £858,833 (33,226 tons, value £881,263).

Copra; 23,882 tons, value £369,524 (33,226 tons, value £563,978).

Bananas: 84,522 cases, value £57,178 (192,- 424 cases, value £107,280).

Molasses: 12,337 tons, value £12,337 (9,845 tons, value £9,845).

Rubber: 6,397 lbs., value £209 (6,855 lbs., value £224).

Trocas Shell: 193 tons, value £11,209 (191 tons, value £11,476).