The Archive · 1937

Silver Figures Show Export Surplus

London, July 2.

Movements of gold in the United Kingdom during the week ended June 30 resulted in a surplus of imports over exports- of £11,177,000, compared with net exports of 26,374,000 for the previous week.

Imports during the period under review amounted to £15,913,000 and included shipments from the following principal sources: France £10, 462,000; \Australia £187,000; New Zealand £31,000; Africa £ 2,195,000; Switzerland £862.00; Germany £818,000; Venezuela £701,000 and India £35,000.

The previous weeks imports totalled r£ 2,850,000, including £164,000 from France; £79,000 from Australia, £32,000 from New Zealand, £2,291,- 000 from British South Africa, £180,- 000 from British Indies and £45,000 from British Malaya.

Exports of the yellow. metal for the past week' amounted to £4,736,- 000, of which £3,254,000 was exported to the United States, £23,000 to Finland. £1,354,000 to Belgium and £76,000 to Jugoslavia.

A total of £9,224,000 was exported by the United Kingdom during the previous week and included the following: £8,551,000 to the United States; £23,000 to Finland; £639,000 to Belgium.

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