Samoan Trade Figures
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for 1932.
TRADE and shipping returns received from Western Samoa show that the value of imports to that Territory for the calendar year 1932 were estimated at £150,902, of which New Zealand sup plied £54,403, United Kingdom £32,213, Australia £31,707, and U.S.A. £12,105.
The principal items sent from Aus
tralia were flour £4,381, rice £4,289, bags and sacks £4,772, drugs £2,198, tinned meat £1,658, timber £2,038, tobacco £2,039, general provisions £2,988.
Samoa’s exports for 1932 were valued at £183,028, and the principal countries to which they were shipped were: European countries £96,546, United Kingdom £46,654, New Zealand £22,578, U.S.A. £12,181. Exports to Australia amounted only to £389.
The produce exported from Samoa in 1932 consisted of: Copra £108,698, cocoa £49,712, bananas £20,016.