Import Statistics




RETURN of the VALUE of IMPORTS at the several PORTS of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1912—continued.

Countries. Auckland. Kaipara. Tauranga. Poverty Bay. New Plymouth. Patea. Wanganui. Wellington. Napier. Wairau and Picton. Nelson. Westport. Greymouth. Hokitika. Lyttelton and Christch’rch Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Invercargill and Bluff. Parcels Post Totals. Corresponding Quarter, 1911. Countries.*
Foreign Countries, &c.—continued. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Foreign Countries, &c.—continued.
Asia— Asia—
Asia Minor 908 24 55 168 168 186 1,509 2,365 Asia Minor
Arabia 6 48 Arabia
Syria 64 6 Syria
Persia 62 524 1,024 115 8,455 6,985 Persia
China 1,828 7 31 4,620 18 44 24 China
Cochin China 6 61 7,102 131 6,038 394 152 45,707 63,669 Cochin China
Japan 16,089 227 29 116 14,976 389 1,738 6,954 11,942 Japan
Java 4,491 126 599 123 46 Java
Flores Island 123 53 2,218 1 3,134 3,762 Flores Island
Philippine Islands 242 39 581 2 2 Philippine Islands
Federated Malay States Federated Malay States
Africa— Africa—
Canary Islands 51 18 52 25 146 82 Canary Islands
Egypt 31 3 34 309 Egypt
Madagascar 3 Madagascar
Morocco Morocco
America— America—
U.S.A., East Coast 131,143 584 8,460 1,636 71 4,304 126,084 12,578 261 4,399 347 288 313 76,832 12,281 230 67,010 9,168 4,050 455,039 398,510 U.S.A., East Coast
„ West Coast 26,278 324 969 383 18,397 849 172 381 72 205 42 6,398 981 164 16,463 760 569 73,607 42,489 „ West Coast
Guatemala 413 124 537 34 Guatemala
Brazil 60 Brazil
Uruguay 40 40 1 Uruguay
Venezuela 295 208 1,016 648 Venezuela
Foreign West Indies… 395 118 Foreign West Indies
Pacific Islands— Pacific Islands—
Friendly or Tonga 4,723 1 4,724 12,063 Friendly or Tonga
Gilbert and Ellice (including Ocean and Union) 6 Gilbert and Ellice (including Ocean and Union)
Navigators or Samoa 497 1 296 2 1 797 293 Navigators or Samoa
New Caledonia (including Surprise) 7,283 New Caledonia (including Surprise)
Sandwich or Hawaii 880 5,072 5 Sandwich or Hawaii
Society or Tahiti Group 4,192 6,445 Society or Tahiti Group
Solomon (including Santa Cruz) 2 2 1 Solomon (including Santa Cruz)
Totals 1,589,035 1,769 1,060 50,252 42,605 6,960 60,474 1,220,331 121,247 13,854 27,635 9,251 19,593 2,858 754,185 100,552 17,563 651,093 156,973 118,192 4,969,412* Totals
Corresp. Quarter, 1911… 1,882,822 2,514 1,586 46,383 41,869 8,376 83,448 1,614,336 146,014 12,359 40,022 11,765 30,636 3,544 828,286 79,369 18,742 678,833 151,453 112,280 5,791,667† Corresp. Quarter, 1911.
  • Includes specie imported at Auckland, £64,910; Poverty Bay, £185; New Plymouth, £95; Wellington, £3,520; Napier, £135; Nelson, £20; Greymouth, £25; Christchurch, £28,850; Dunedin, £26,575; Invercargill, £695.

† Includes specie imported at Auckland, £10,700; Wellington, £200,000; Christchurch, £25,030; Timaru, £40; Dunedin, £25,000.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 15th October, 1912. W. B. MONTGOMERY, Secretary of Customs.



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🏭 Return of the Value of Imports at the Several Ports of New Zealand during the Quarter Ended 30th September, 1912 (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
15 October 1912
Imports, Trade, Statistics, Ports, New Zealand, Foreign Countries, Asia, Africa, America, Pacific Islands
  • W. B. Montgomery, Secretary of Customs