BRITISH MEAT IMPORTS

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27375, 14 June 1954, Page 13

BRITISH MEAT IMPORTS

ARGENTINE POSITION REVIEWED (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, June 11. The remarks by Dr. Morales, Argentina’s Minister of Economic Affairs, that w^?vr tina .e would sell her meat in the at “competitive * and • forecast of increased thp d firct tWe Kv Britain and Argentina, are 5JJ?ri» pu ? c expression of Argentina’s Sifh nZ » e his lsit to London last month s^ s the financial correspondent of The Times.” don ♦ai°kl e^ on< fe? t adds that at the Lonth? -Treasury explained that government to prithe in ? ntaln would necessitate pacts P° st - War bilateral n« v. et^ en , the tWo countries arranged the Brf?r< ! t h r r« basis ' ‘Tn plainer language, fiulrfnt^ h fk, G e i rnm . ent could no longer of Sale * °Z specified quantities meat here at fixed prices. need l^!!,^ 10 ? Was that Argentina would ?em in <T° V V°^ ards a more Hberal sysfading with Britain. Dr. mav M hl s rem a rk s suggest that Argentina Arintin? 1116 to rec °gnise this need.” -H-rgentma s prospects in the British ©ondeit WOUld seem excelle nt, the correspondent says, provided she keens her n-ttfo ? n ne w *.th other producers in Particular Australia. Private tradins in monk* 3 £ at the beglnninTSkeS .Supplies are not over-plentiful onv,r,o rltl » h lm P° rtcrs Will probably be anxious to supplement Australian beef tha h ns!?l? i Inen J s - frorn Argentina to meet the unrationed demand. aHnntol the wa a r Argentina provided Per cent - °f Britain’s meat supmir S ’ a ll 1952 the fi§ ure W£ »s down to a hv JA e £ c f nt - The high prices asked Argentine urider the bulk-trading £^> a iy? em ® nts .. since the war may account i ie?un e n ? e a h a C; . the . reSt may have been £ { Ar S ent ‘n a 's reduced exportable ttVat ? home. USe ° C h6r h ‘ gher consump„.,T( h . e sta V :i 2?.fl a , te , of negotiations on the pattern of British-Argentine trade and Payments after June 30 next is likely to r»e fixed soon.