Importers Want End of Control

Grey River Argus, 20 April 1948, Page 3

Importers Want End of Control

AUCKLAND, April 18.

The local Bureau, of the Importers stated:. “Despite- anything the Minister of Finance (the Rt. Hon. W. Nash) has, to say, he cannot justly New Zealand’s import control policy of -'discrimination against British ■goods', Jafid to say' that importers' are ipeffmtted to import the equivalent ■ ValU'eS'to.:l93B‘is ridiculous, in many bases' Importers under, the- 1948 import schedule on the basis of 1938 ivaluqs, ■. are able* to import 71 to 10 ipefficeht,, of the quantities imported .’from the. United Kingdom, in that year.'. .New" Zealand ■ current export ■ihcom’e 'is approximately double the .'1’938. /figure:.. Imports from Canada and the United States are practically • pTbfiibited. ’ imports should be increased..‘from Britain and import control be abolished.