N.Z. ALLOCATION OF SULPHUR

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26796, 30 July 1952, Page 8

N.Z. ALLOCATION OF SULPHUR

4000-Ton Increase Announced MISSION'S WORK PRAISED (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 29. New Zealand’s allocation of crude sulphur fixed by the International Sulphur Committee for the second half of this year has been increased by more than 4000 tons. The Assistant-Director-General of Agriculture (Mr R. B. Tennent) announced to-day that the allocation of sulphur for the period Was 38,500 tong. The allocation ih the first six months was 34,200 tons. Last yeftr’a quota was 68,000 tons. He said it was still not quite clear what tonnage had to be procured outside the United States. Of the 34,200 tons ih the first six months, 2200 tons was imported from Japan. “It is likely that we will have to get 6500 tons out of the latest allocation from sources other than America,” Mr *- Tennent said. “Arrangements are not yet final, but we have already purchased about 5000 tons from Japan. Australia has got to find 26,000 tons from sources other than the United States, so we are not so badly off.” , Much of the credit for getting the Increased quota could be taken by the special sulphur mission which recently returned from the United States, Mr Tennent said. The mission had impressed on the international committee New Zealand's vital need for sulphur and its absolute dependence on outside sources for all its supplies.