CASEIN SALES TO JAPAN

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28572, 29 April 1958, Page 14

CASEIN SALES TO JAPAN

Buyers To Have Talks In N.Z.

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 28. A delegation of Japanese casein buyers will arrive in New Zealand on Friday for discussions on trade with the Dairy Products Marketing Commission. They are coming at the invitation of the commission, which last year sent a representative, Mr S. T. Murphy, now exports sales manager, to Japan. The commission said today that the five members of the delegation represent firms which handle the bulk of casein imported into Japan. They will be in New Zealand for about 12 days and their itinerary includes visits to casein factories in the Waikato and other districts and to the Dairy Research Institute at Palmerston North.

Japan ranks as one of the world’s major users Of casein with imports at the rate of about 4500 tons a year. New Zealand’s share of the business, which in 1955 and 1956 averaged about 1600 tons a year, has shown a sharp increase this season.

Lactic casein is used in Japan mainly in the manufacture of art paper, and such is the quality of the New Zealand product that it alone is acceptable to two of the largest paper mills. It is also used in glues, paints. Insecticides, and various chemicals. Rennet casein is used mainly in the manufacture of buttons, penholders, pipestems, and novelty goods.