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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 June 1947Vol. XVII, No. 11

New Hebrides Trade

p. 30 · Read in the full issue

IN the year 1944 (statistics just made available) the trade -of the Condo minium of the New Hebrides was as follows (values in sterling):—

In 1944 (a war year), except that £85,000 worth of copra went to United States, practically all the Condominium’s trade was with Australia.

/ Imports Exports 1S'43 £203.693 £297,597 1944 340,967 322,105 - Exports French Proportion £ £ Cocoa 55,587 40,227 Coffee . . 18.500 18,500 Copra 226,000 85,589 Cotton 3,143 2.267 Hides 1.380 907 Trocas Shell .. 2,536 1,764 Coconuts .. 1,212 1,083 Timber 12,463 — Total . .. £322,105 £151,470