Manila, July 22, The foreign trade of the Philp-pine Islands for the first half of 1924 amounted to $125,265,000, against $108.586,000 for the same of 1923, according to figures made public by the Bureau Customs, The exports during the first six months of this year were $75,912,- 000 and the imports $49,849,000) leaving a favour of the Islands of approximately, $26,562, Every month during "that period shoved balance int favour of the islands, with the exception of June, which was unfavourable tu the extent of about $2,500,000—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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