273 WHAT EXPORTS MEAN TO US Because we need imports ... we must pay Being a small country with a large population, we have to import a great deal of food and raw materials from the rest of the world. These imports are necessary to keep our factories working at full pressure, and to get our shops full of goods again. But we don't receive imports as free gifts: we have to pay for them by selling British goods overseas. If, for instance, we export chemicals with exports and motor-cars, we can fetch in meat and petrol.
- Collection ID
- HATOM
- Document Reference
- HATOM/2/161
- Document Types
- Ephemera
- File Reference
- HATOM/2
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.hatom.000002.161
- Keywords
- Exports Food Supplies Freight Shipping Home Production Imports Industrial Equipment Industrial Production Industry Meat Overseas Trade Retail
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- New Zealand
- Pages
- 1
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Rationing Supply the Wartime Economy
