Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 22 October 1937Vol. VIII, No. 3

Fiji’S Trade

p. 7 · Read in the full issue

Page 77

£250,000 Increase In Half-Year

From Our Own Correspondent.

Suva, Oct. 1.

TPUE total trade for the first half of * 1937 considerably exceeded that of 1936. Imports increased by £127,000 and exports by £124,000. Details:

1936 1937 Imports £710,595 £837.597 Exports £603.673 £727.615 Total £1,314,268 £1,565,212

Exports

In Detail

1936 1937 Susrar (tons) 28,010 29,479 £265,724 £301.225 Copra (tons) 14,591 14,945 £165,624 £235,157 Bananas (bunches) 10,165 8,956 (cases) 84,996 71,052 £47,417 £32,848 Molasses (tons) 8,395 7,843 £8,395 £7,843 Gold (ozs.) 7,524 8,609 £57,972 £67,266 Trochus shell (tons) 127 101 £9,638 £8,954 Other Articles £48,803 £74,322

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