MORE BUSINESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 97, 27 April 1933, Page 20

MORE BUSINESS.

EXPORTS TO CANADA.

MANY INCREASES SHOWN.

RESULT OF TRADE TREATY.

New Zealand goods imported into Canada for the half-year ended March 31 were- valued at £218,909, as compared; with £80,000 for the six months ended March 31, 1932. These figures reveal the value to the Dominion of the trade treaty with Canada, which has now been in operation for twelve months.

The following return of the Comptroller of Customs shows the main items of goods exported to Canada in the two periods (the 1932 period falling outside the operation of the treaty which came into force on April 23, 1932):

Following the statement by Mr. W. Goodfellow, managing director of Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., that the nature of the trad© treaty was "unsatisfactory" and that "Canada seemed to be seekijig the position of being a seller without doing any buying," the Canadian British Traders' Association of New Zealand took steps to ascertain details of the position. In reply to their inquiry the association received the following cablegram from the Canadian Manufacturers' Association: — "Canadian tanners have agreed to purchase at least twice the average quantities of hides and. skins from New ZealancC Purchases this year will exceed 140,000 calfskin's, and not less than 45,000 cattle hides. This illustrates Canada's successful efforts to increase her purchases from New Zealand. Statistics show that New Zealand is our chief supplier from Empire sources of wool, hides, casings and other commodities. Imports from New Zealand will continue to increase steadily." Canadian Problems. "It must be remembered that Canada has her problems as much as New Zealand," said a prominent importer of Canadian goods this morning. The wheat growers, he said, were in a particularly unenviable position and many of them had given over their wheat farming and were making butter. Previously Canadian dairymen had sent vast quantities of cream to the United States, but owing to the embargo they could not now do so and were making •butter. The position to-day was that Canada, instead of being a buyer of butter, was a seller, and could not be expected to import the same large quantities of that commodity from New Zealand. "We must be fair," he said. "Friendly Empire trade must be encouraged, and the Customs returns show that Canada is now doing considerable business with New Zealand. It is essential that selfishness should be put in the background."

Exports to Six months Six months Canada. , 1932. 1933. Sutter ....... £3,226 £55,505 Tinned fish 38 346 Frozen meats.. 378 2,402 Tinned meat.. 99 803 Sausage skins.. 15,556 29,547 Hides arid skins 15,366 38,252 Wool 29,383 77,019 Apples 7,596 — Dried peas.... 1,618 — Onions . 879 1,020'' Hemp 671 872 Grass seed.... 1,716 946 Kauri gam.... 82 143 Other itema.... 193 1,763 Re-exports .... 3,050 9,813 Parcels 524 408 Total .... 80,375 £218,909