MEAT EXPORT YEAR
FALL IN CANADIAN TRADE
DIRECT SHIPMENTS
"Evening Post," 13th October. Impressive returns of.the frozen meat export trade are furnished by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board for the twelve months ended 30th September la.st. Totals arc 7,524,937 lambs, 2,-!75,970 sheep, 133,754 carcasses of pork, and 135,539 quarters of beef. The bulk of this meat this year has gone to the United Kingdom, and the tables hereunder will show a great falling off in shipments of meat to Canada when comparison is made with last year's exports. To the United States practically nothing was exported for the past twelve months, compared with some 3800 quarters of beef, 1200 sheep, and 1505 lambs sent the United States for the previous twelve months. But Canada's drop is significant. For the past twelve months total exports of frozen produce to the elder Dominion compare as under: 12 mos., 12 mos., 193). 1930. Beef, qrs 201 14,207 Sheep, ces COO 2,748 . Lambs, ccs., 1079 1,505 The exports to the United Kingdom show the landings at ports other than London. The discharge of sheep and lambs at London shows a substantial increase for the past twelve months' The destinations of the meat have beea as .-follows: — 1930-31- Beef. Jlutton. Uimb. Vorit. qrs. c/cs. c/cs. c/cs. London . r:,413 2,185,142 6,102,200 91,695 Southamn- ~.„ Ton .... — M,i*4.> _;to,oo-> — Liverpool 33.250 ■ 137.860 775.450 14,505 Glasgow ■' 10,717 32.241 01,0.ii 15.119 Aronraouth 6,033 50,78-1 S3S.M3 5,042 Manchester - M 2« ss-0(> ~ Cardiff .. 1.M5 6,27H 83,291 b<J Montreal ' 264 150 i>2li — Halifax. . — -; ;;?" — Vancouver -- "() -<"> ~~ San Trailcisco * — " "~~ Honolulu 5.303 .10 609 — Genoa ... 500 -- ;r ~~ Cristobal — — ou — Other conn-.. „. trios . 4 90 3bO 20 Total .135,530 2,478,970 7,824,937 133,754 Boned beef exports, 119,445 bass. 1929-30.' Beef. Mutton. Lamb. 1 one. ... qrs. c/cs. c/cs. c/t-i London ■. 84,787 1,890,920 5,458,032 00,j9a Southamp- __ 2 . MOS 20() Hull 6SG 310 3,281 —. Liverpool 21,619 105,051 674,223 12,b.6 fJKWow 7 508 21,644 3i,8il 1-.&* Aronmouth ifiM 46,712 283,373 10,786 Ifanchestcr —. 2,318 'I I'™; « n n Cardiff . 4,777 5.099 4a,. S8 200 -.Montreal- 5,497 1,54,. — — Halifax . '5,076 "00 —'. — Xaw York 3,41.1 - - ~ Colon .. — • -M '_ ■ _ TaSver' 3,m TO3 1.505 . - San Francisco . , 300 --- „«, — Honolulu ■ 4,047 I.' ■>- _ fienda ■ ■.. . — ' '"* Other coun- i-i 771 tries .260 >■■> 1- "" Total .. 148,232 2,147,729~6,T99,13S 133,810 Boned beef'exports, 87,986 bags. INCREASED PRODUCTION. Stock killed for export during the twelve months ended September compares with those for W29-30 as follows:— 11)30-31. ' li' 29-30. tieef, auartcrs .' 14S.JL0W J".370 Wether mutton c/cs. .. hM,-f 'n« C7S Boneless beef, frt. c/cs 2bb..-.l« ,M.»" Sundries,, fr.t...c/.c5.,_.., .... oo',m- . —9,bi J Stocks of frozen meat in stores .in the Dominion as at 30th September this year and-last "Tremprtre"as follow:— - 1930-31. 1929-30. *"»,*" ]°»?? 'IS Ewe mutton, c/cs 100.-..1 -£.-»■> Lamb, c/cs -nJn 's*Tl 3-ork (porkers), c/cs. . ififi ?~$ Pork (baeoners). c/cs. «- Boneless beef, frt. c/cs. m.^-b ■'^ Sundries, frt. c/cs.'... 98,j48 i 7.»«< Meat loaded but not left New Zealand on 30th September lasf amounted to 1306 ■quarters beef, 4?,79G sheep, 09,409 lambs, 532 ccs. pork. .'
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 90, 13 October 1931, Page 12
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480MEAT EXPORT YEAR Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 90, 13 October 1931, Page 12
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