DUMPING DUTY
ON IMPORTED BUTTER. A CANADIAN PROTEST. •- LITTLE PROFIT MADE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 10.10 a.m. to-day. VANCOUVER, May 5. Mr A. P. Slade, chief Vancouver importer of Australian and! New Zealand butter, is protesting to the Government against the new ■ dumping duty of six cents which is to be retroactive from January 1. Vancouver importers are launching a trade protest through the Dominion. Mr Slade states: “Irish, Australian and New Zealand butter was sold to Canadians at a cent profit when home supplies were short, due to heavy exports to Britain, saving the Canadians from high prices.” A million and a half pounds are liable for duty.—A. and N.Z. Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 May 1926, Page 5
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