Imported beer
— - Sir, — The breweries are again seeking protection against imports of Australian canned beer. The same breweries claim that New Zealand canned beer cgn compete profitably against all-comers on the American market. How can New Zealand breweries ■ absorb freight and distribution costs and yet sell profitably on the American market while at the same time claiming the need for protection on the home market? — Yours, etC " C. OLIVINE. August 12, 1980. [Mr W. P. Riley, chief executive of the Brewers’ Association replies: “New Zealand breweries do not, nor ever have, claimed that New Zealand, canned beer can compete profitably against all-comers on the American market. The bulk of New Zealand beer is exported in special export non-returnable bottles, not cans, and in the United States is selling in the premium market areas where it is competing with wellknown imported European brands. New Zealand export beers can compete only in this up-market segment which is not the situation faced in the home market with Australian imports.”]
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Press, 30 August 1980, Page 14
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