Samoa's Healthy
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Trade
Marked Growth in Banana Exports
From Our Own Correspondent.
Apia. Apr. 20.
THE trade figures for Western Samoa for the calendar year 1937 (with previous years shown in comparison) were:— Imports. Exports. 1930 £275.355 £284,515 1931 164.950 194.447 1933 150,856 173,837 1935 135.757 189,298 1936 . . .. . . 167,020 257,255 1937 267,863 352,436 Exports of the principal products, in quantities, were as follows: Copra. Cocoa. Bananas.
Tons. Tons. Cases. 1931 .. .. 11,062 620 85,231 1933 .. .. 11,526 899 81.893 1935 .. .. 12,501 576 109.000 1937 .. .. 14,340 1253 187,755