In spite of the heavy demands of the Government's rearmament programme, it is satisfactory to record that the demand abroad for British aeronautical products not only continues to rise but to be met. The demand this year has exceeded all previous values, and exports for the first eight months of 1937 show a notable increase. Up to the end of August material worth £2,050,252 had been exported compared with £1,- 676,866 in the first eight months of 1936, and £1,927,972 in the corresponding period of 1935. Last month's aeronautical exports were of a total value of £334,025, and there is every reason to hope that 1937 will strike a new record, beating the £2,923,138 of last year, Great Britain is the world's leading supplier of aeronautical materials and in spite of the gloomy prophecies that the rearmament programme would cause her exports to "dwindle, peak and pine," she still holds that lead and seems in no danger of losing it. There is ample capacity in the British aircraft industry to serve both Government and foreign purchasers, and without loss of the excellence of workmanship for which the British products are so much sought after,
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