BUTTER AND CHEESE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 12

BUTTER AND CHEESE

HEAVY INCREASE IN EXPORTS

The Dairy Board reports the following have been shipments from New Zealand by vessels sailing between Ist August to '■Slst October:— BUTTER (Tons.) 1029 ' 102S C-ondou : ..' 12.25S 11,390 West Coast ports, U;K. 124 12 Vancouver SOS 1,0-16 Halifax and Montreal ■ 4,35S — Honolulu ...: 10r> ,123 Other; countries IS2 197 17,985 12,774 Increase for period, 5211 tons. Shipments for the month of October were 10,324 tons, compared with 5957 tons for October, 1928. Of the butter shipped in October, 1929, to the United Kingdom the position at time of shipment was that 60 per cent, was consigned and 40 per cent, sold f.o.b. The substantial increase in exports to Canada this season should be noted. Shipments, of cheese between Ist August and 31st October, were.as follow:— CHEESE (Tons). 1929 1928 London 10,723 8,348 West Coast ports U.K. .371 — Australia 12 4 Vancouver \... 25 29 Other Countries .... 22 7 T •' 11,153, 8,388 Increase period, 2765. Shipments for the month of October were 7016 tons compared with 0457 tons for October, 1928. Of the cheese shipped in October, 1929, to the United Kingdom the position at time of shipment was that 91 per cent, was consigned and 9 per cent, sold f.o.b. The value of butter taken at 182s per cwt. would be £3,273,270; and of cheese at 93s would be £1,037,229, so that for the first three months of the season the value of dairy produce exported on these averages would approximate £4--310,500. '