Fiji’S Trade.
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Australia s Favoured Position.
ACCORDING to the Blue Book of Fiji, 1932, the total value of imports of merchandise into that colony for the year ended December 31, 1932, amounted to £857,346, whilst exports totalled £1,604,296.
Australia was the largest exporter of goods to Fiji, with £317,046, followed by the United Kingdom £250,748, New Zea land £100,255, Italy £29,814, USA £25,937, Canada £25,675, and Netherlands East Indies £22,633.
As Australia received from Fiji goods to the value of only £15,730, the balance of trade in the Commonwealth’s favour for the year 1932 was £302,316. The United Kingdom was Fiji’s best cus tomer with imports to the value of £842,000, followed by Canada with £530,270, and New Zealand £134,900.
The principal items of export from Australia to Fiji in 1932 were flour, £18,989, sharps and pollard £34,240, hard ware £24,956, tobacco (manufactured), £18,690, sugar-making machinery £12,513.
Fiji’s exports to Australia, amounting to £15,730, were chiefly comprised of the following;—Molasses £8,346, beans £3,232, hides £1,600, coconuts £970, bananas £425, gum £540.