DAIRYING BENEFITS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 174, 25 July 1928, Page 5

DAIRYING BENEFITS.

EXPORTS THROUGH CANADA.

BUTTER WILL GO DIRECT,

The only trad© circles in Auckland in which, there is a stir of interest concerning the new treaty between New Zealand and Japan, are those in which dairy produce forms the main consideration. Importers state that they are not specially interested in the treaty, because it does no alter the existing tariff in relation to imports from Japan. Two points emphasised by men prominently connected with the dairy export industry are that direct negotiations with Japan will now be possible through the New Zealand Government, instead of through Great Britain as heretofore, and that butter, which in recent years has been shipped to Japan through Canada, in order to take advantage of the lower tariff on butter from Canada, will now be consigned direct to Japan. "New Zealand missed the opportunity in 1911 of taking advantage of the convention treaty between Britain and Japan," remarked a well-known dairy exporter. "It was only a matter of signing without giving away concessions," he continued, "but I -suppose the politicians did not realise the opportunities of trade which were presented. Canada was more far-sighted and for the last three or four years has had an advantage over us of a halfpenny per pound, a benefit which was emphasised when the last increase in duty took place." "What will be the effect of the new treaty on the volume of dairying trade with Japan?" he was asked. "One effect will be," was the answer, "that Canada will not be able to import New Zealand butter and re-sell it to Japan. This has been going on to a considerble extent, but now it is reasonable to expect that direct exports of New Zealand butter to Japan will greatly increase." A further reason which was given for increasing exports was that the Japanese Government had in recent times set out to encourage the consumption of dairy products. They had also taken steps to encourage the dairy industry in Japan. "At the same time," he added, "the home-made article is not in sufficient supply to affect the importation of New Zealand butter. The Japanese are making quite a fair quality of butter, especially in their largest factory, but the quality does not compare with NewZealand butter."