More Niue Plaited Ware
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For Australia
INCLUDED in the 3,560 mailbags of native plaited ware shipped from Niue Island in 1946-47 (and worth £19,652) was a large quantity exported to Australia.
Native baskets by the tens of thousands are staple exports from Niue, where there is a lack of fertile soil for growing the fruit crops which are the main exports of Samoa and the Cook Islands.
Niue Island’s exports to Australia for the year jumped up to £6,142 —an in crease of nearly 400 per cent. This was largely accounted for by the market found for Niue plaited ware.
Plaited ware valued at £19,652 was worth more than all other Niue exports together, but copra exports were valued at £10,179, bananas at £5,335 and sweet potatoes at £292.