HEAVY EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 4

HEAVY EXPORTS.

FROZEN MEAT INCREASES. LAST SEASON'S FIGURES. CHILLED BEEF AND PORK, i The exports of frozen meat and chilled ■ beef for the twelve months of the 1934-35 season ended September 30 show large 1 increases, compared with tlio.se for the 1933-34 season, according to the official returns issued recently by the Meat Board. The chilled beef trade is now definitely established, and large sums have been expended by the overseas shipping comi panies in fitting out not only all new ships, but many of the older ships in the New Zealand trade for the carriage of chilled beef to the United Kingdom. Shipments of chilled beef during the last twelve months j^otailed 04,514 quarters, compared with 19,576 quarters in the 1933-34 season, an increase of 44,938 quarters. With the exception of 065 quarters for Honolulu, the whole of the 1934-35 shipments of chilled beef went to England. Exports of frozen beef last season totalled 302,584 quarters, compared with 420,014 quarters in 1933-34, a decrease of 03,430 quarters. The bulk of the frozen beef went to Britain, but during June 10,000 quarters were shipped to New York and Boston. Smalt shipments were also made to Canada, San Francisco and the Pacific Islands. An increase in the exports of boneless beef is; shown in the year's figures, shipments totalling 270,199 bags, compared with 220,390 bags in 1933-34, an increase of 55,809. Lamb and Mutton Increase. The Dominion's export trade in lamb was Veil maintained during the 1934-35 season, shipments totalling 8,848,593 carcases, an increase of 100,832 carcases compared with those for 1933-34. With the exception of 1000 carcases for Canada, 1000 carcases for Hongkong and Singapore, GOO carcases to the West Indies, and the Pacific Island, and 28 carcases to Calcutta, the whole of the Dominion's lamb exports i last season went to Great Britain. Exports of mutton during the twelve months totalled 2,010,351 carcases, compared with 1.787,538 carcases in 1933-34, an increase of 222,813 carcases. With the exception of 324 carcases for the West Indies and the Pacific Islands, the whole of the mutton went to Great Britain. Pork Exports Growing. The export trade in pork has now assumed large dimensions and is still increasing. Shipments for the 12 months ended September totalled 001,773 carcases, compared with 402.142 carcases in 1933-34, an increase of 139,631 carcases. Killings of fat stock for export at all Dominion freezing works during the 1934-35 season were as follows, the figures for 1933-34 being shown in parentheses: — Beef (quarters), 405.784 (381,880): wether mutton (carcases), 950,005 ( 841,757); ewe mutton (carcases), 1.197.206 ( 987,152); lamb (carcases), 8,839,259 (8,751,077); pork (porkers), carcases, 430,075 (301,430); pork (baconcrs), carcases, 157,334 (103.181); j boneless beef (freight carcases), 334,931 | (512,219); sundries (freight carcases), 469,431 (310,437).