BRITAIN'S LAMB IMPORTS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20630, 20 August 1932, Page 7

BRITAIN'S LAMB IMPORTS.

. THE BIG INCREASE. It is remarkablo tef'note the tremendous increase in the exports of lamb to the Old Country in the past five years, says Pyne, Gould, Guinness's Annual Review. Nineteen hundred and twentj r -seven was the first year in which the United Kingdom received from all sources Jambs totalling over 1C millions (tEe total in that year was yet in four years the exports had reached 16,882,000, or an increase of 6,470,000, equal to 62 per cent. The New Zealand proportion of this increase was ov&r 2$ millions, or about 50 per cent., South America 1} millions, I or about 50 per cent., and Australia just | over 2 millions, equal to 160 per cent. Although New Zealand lamb exports last year were nearly 2i times as many as the average for the three pre-war years, those from South America were 6J times as many. The figures are rcalJy amazing in view of the conditions known to exist in the Home markets, and we do not think we can be accused of being over-chcer-ful when we say that they seem to promise very we'll for the stability of our trade as soon as there is any general recovery. If under existing circumstance* the Old Country can take increasing quantities ot lamb as she has done, whai will she bi; "apable of doing when her circumstances arc more favourable, and what will be tile possibilities if gome of the artificial barriers to trade in other parts of tli? world are remove'd and new markets become available? It is anticipated that there will be a further considerable increase in the shipments Home this year, largely as the result of the increased supplies from New Zealand; a shortage in South American supplies will probably be offset by an increase from Australia.