British Limits On Imports Of Butter

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30802, 14 July 1965, Page 1

British Limits On Imports Of Butter

From Our Parliamentary Reporter)

WELLINGTON, July 13.

The understanding the Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) secured from the British Government recently not to authorise further supplementary butter imports this year applied to the whole of the import year, not merely to the first six-month supply period.

Mr Holyoake made this clear tonight when he said: “As a result of my discussions with British ministers in London, I am convinced that unless there is a drastic change in the butter marketing and supply position, no further supplementary import authorities wi-H be granted in this licensing period, ending March 31, 1966.” He later told Parliament

that the basic quotas would remain at 420,000 tons. Supplementary quotas, originally to have been up to 60,000 tons, would now he no more than 39,000 tons. The British Government had earlier agreed to forgo the granting of 15,000 tons of supplementary quotas. Authorities for another 6000 tons, not yet issued, would now not be issued unless market conditions changed drastically.