ABSTRACT
In the relative value of import and export trade Hull differed from the two other Humber ports, in each of which exports exceeded imports in value at that time. The relative position of exports and imports in Hull's trade has changed little since then; the relative importance of imports increased slightly down to the war, and in 1935—7 imports formed nearly 70 per cent of the total value of trade. Like Hull, Grimsby has experienced all the disadvantages of war without countervailing advantages; fishing has been severely curtailed, though not quite as drastically as in Hull; the population has fallen, and opportunities for wartime employment have been very limited. The 1938 population of Goole was roughly the same as it had been in 1922; there was no substantial increase of population at Goole as there was at Grimsby and Hull.
