Jugoslav Trade Mission Coming

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31981, 7 May 1969, Page 32

Jugoslav Trade Mission Coming

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON, May 6.

A trade mission front Jugoslavia, the first of its kind to come to New Zealand, will visit the Dominion later this month to assess export and import opportunities.

The Jugoslav Consul-Gen-eral (Mr A. Soric) said today that the party of 18 would arrive in Wellington from Australia on May 20 and leave, on May 24. Some members would probably visit ' Auckland and Christchurch, and there would be discussions with Government departments, shipping authorities, manufacturers, trading establishments, and the Wool, Meat and Fish Boards. Jugoslavia has been spending about slim a year on New Zealand products, mainly wool and dairy items, while New Zealand has averaged about $30,000 to $50,000 on Jugo-

Slav imports, principally medicines last year. Mr Soric said that this year the purchase by New Zealand of 1600 railway waggons would give a better balance, and the money accruing from this would be left here. One aim of the mission would be the strengthening of long-term programmes for the purchase of New Zealand products, mainly wool, dairy produce, and skins and hides; but it would also be interested in the possibility of buying frozen fish and meat for the first time. The mission would provide New Zealand with a much clearer picture of what Jugoslavia had to offer.