‘Dumping' by Nelson
j PA Nelson ; Nelson berryfruit growers were “dumping” their proi duce in other districts well i below gate prices, the incoming president of the Berryfruit Growers’ Association, ■ Mr G. Agnew. of Canterbury, isaid in Nelson. I Mr Agnew, who took office ' at the end of the association’s conference, said the continuing influx of Nelson berryfruits into other districts at ridiculously low prices could never achieve a stable or economic industry’. \ Nelson boysenberries had 'been sold in Christchurch I supermarkets at 99c per kg, (well below the production j costs of growers anywhere. A Wairarapa grower, Mr . J Arnold, said Nelson | growers had undercut Wairarapa raspberry growers in the Wellington processing market — their traditional market.
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Press, 28 July 1976, Page 22
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