CITRUS FRUIT EMBARGO.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20919, 28 July 1933, Page 11

CITRUS FRUIT EMBARGO.

J PARTIAL LIFTING I POSSIBLE. i • AUSTRALIAN REPORT* j (cimzD sp.ess association— bt eliciric j IZLEGRAPU —COFYBIGHT.) (Received July 27, 11.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 27. Fruit growers here are given to understand that there is a possibility of the New Zealand embargo against Australian citrus fruits being partly lifted. Australian shippers, however, are rapidly clearing the whole of their fruit for the United Kingdom, under the Government's subsidy plan, so the loss of the New Zealand market is not severely felt. Choice oranges and lemons are selling in Sydney and Melbourne for 4s to 10s a case. BIG SHIPMENTS TO ENGLAND. ! GOOD PRICE EXPECTED. COMMONWEALTH'S SUBSIDY SCHEME. SYDNEY, July 20. An export trade worth up to £1.000,000 a year is expected by the Commonwealth Minister for Commerce (Mr F. H. Stewart) to result from the Government's guarantee to growers shipping fruit to the United Kingdom. Mr Stewart said yesterday that the first shipments under the scheme, amounting to 38,000 cases, were already on the way. In the first place it was estimated that the trade would average 300,000 cases a year, and prices were expected to range from 16s to £ 1 a case in England. He was convinced that the trade had very big prospects, as the market was a substantial one, and there seemed nothing to prevent the export figures ultimately reaching the £1,000,000 a year mark. Much would depend on the shipments already sent, and the condition in which this fruit opened up in Great Britain would be closely watched. On July 29 the Otranto would reach London with 19,000 cases, and the Orestes, bound for Glasgow and Liverpool, some time later with 9000 cases. A further 10,000 cases are on the Comorin, which leaves Adelaide today. Under Die- arrangement lh<2 Federal Government guarantees growers 13s a case. An important interview between the Minister and citrus growers will take place at GaMon on Saturday afternoon, when the New Zealand embargo on Australian fruit and the terms to applv to the British export guarantee will be discussed.