HIGH-QUALITY EXPORTS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28629, 4 July 1958, Page 10

HIGH-QUALITY EXPORTS

Way To Retain New Markets (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 3. What New Zealand had to watch in her attempts to establish new markets for her export produce was that she did not price herself off those markets, said Mr J. A. Roy (Opposition, Clutha) in the House of Representatives today.

It was the duty of the Government to hold costs, he said. “There will have to be two-way trade in future,” said Mr Roy, who added .that he was pleased wtih the Labour Government’s changed attitude towards trade with Japan. Previously the Government’s attitude had affected Japan’s wool purchases from New Zealand.

The Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr Holloway): The honourable member does not know what he is talking about. Japan bought more wool this year than she ever did before. Mr Roy: She would have bought much more if she had not been handicapped by the previous attitude of the Government.

Mr Roy said that when new markets were obtained export quality had to be kept up. Some meat exports had been rejected by the United States, said Mr Roy. “It should be possible to have inspectors from the United States pass the meat in New Zealand so that it will be known straight away if it is acceptable. Rejections create a bad impression and it takes a long time to recover ground lost in this way.”