FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 260, 16 October 1933, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

EFFECT OF OTTAWA AGREEMENT. TWELVE MONTHS’ EXPORTS. The effect of the Ottawa agreement is shown in the exports of frozen meat during the twelve months ended September 30. Shipments of lamb, at 8,856,549 carcases, are much the same as for the 1931-32 season, there being a slight decrease of 27,204 carcases. Shipments of mutton, at 2,165,757 carcases, compare with 2,913,737 carcases, a decrease of 747,980, or 25.67 per cent. On the other hand, shipments of pork totalled 301,987 carcases, an increase of 154,958 carcases or 105.39 per cent. Shipments of beef were 310,678 quarters, an increase of 115,366 quarters, an increase of 50 per cent., notwithstanding that shipments to Britain were discontinued early in August. That Great Britain is practically the Dominion’s only customer for frozen meat is shown by the fact that shipments to other countries during the last twelve months were only 7798 quarters of beef, or 2.12 per cent, of the total exports, 998 carcases of mutton, or .046 per cent, of the total, and 4480 carcases of lamb, representing .05 per cent, of the total shipments. The whole of the pork, with the exception of one carcase, went to Britain. The Meat Board’s returns gives the following detailed figures of shipments of meat during the 1932-33 season, the totals for 1931-32 being shown for comparative purposes:—

"A addition, 287,963 bags of boneless beef, of which 232,929 went to Glasgow, were shipped during the twelve months, compared with 233,357 bags in 1931-32,. an increase of 54,606 bags, or 23,40 per cent. SEPTEMBER SHIPMENTS TO BRITAIN. The board is advised by its London office that the shipments from Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during September were as follow: Australia: 22,556 carcases mutton; 190,896 carmses lamb; 57,076 quarters beef. South America: 28,859 carcases mutton; 221,120 carcases lamb; 2003 quarters beef (frozen); 363,495 quarters beef (chilled). The shipments from New Zealand to the United Kingdom for the same period were as follow t—182,506 carcases mutton; 159,255 carcases lamb; 1319 quarters beef. There were no shipments from South America to the Continent of Europe during September. TWELVE MONTHS’ KILLINGS. Killings of fat stock for export at all Dominion works during the 1932-33 season ended September 30 show large in creases in beef and pork, and a considerable decline in mutton, compared with the 1931-32 season, the figures being as follow:—

Lamb killings show very little difference, the 1932-83 season’s figures showing a decline of only 9983 oarcases. The North Island killings were 4,109,423 (4,199,668), and the South Island 4,595,483 (4,605,221) the 1931-32 figures being given in parentheses. Killings of mutton at 2,010,159 careases show a decrease of 862,701 carcases. Beef shows an increase of 241,080 quarters, and pork an increase of 171,103 carcases, the North Island accounting for most of the beef and pork killed.

POSITION OF STOCKS. Stocks of meat on hand in cold stores in the Dominion as at September 30 show a large increase in quarters of beef due to the virtual cessation of shipments to Britain. The figures compare as follows with those of a year ago:—

Beef. Mutton. Lamb. Pork. C/cs. Qre. C/cs. C/CB. Loudon ... 1 308,259 1,787,801 6,551,565 206,795 S'thainpton 1,756 82,094 419,932 203 Hull Newcastle-on 202 749 — 497 Tyne ... 1,374 1,118 1,048 1,748 Liverpool . 48,723 175,158 1,097,445 27.997 Glasgow ... 24.892 30,957 112,779 40,706 Avoiimn-h 7,341 60,093 381.763 20,087 Manchester 1 560 21,688 243,733 1,371 Cardill 8,773 5,101 43,784 2,582 Vancouver 100 500 1,003 — Montreal ... 996 400 1,993 — New York 500 Canada (East — — — Coast ... — • —- 8 West Indies a— 14 — Shanghai . 224 30 2 — Hong-Koflg — -*• 803 — Singapore — — 500 Port Said 5,681 — — S. Francisco Pacific Is200 — t — lands ... Total, 97 68 155 1 1932-33 .. 310,678 2,165,757 8,856,549 301,987 Total, 1931-32 ... 195,312 2,913,737 8,883,753 147,029 Increase ... 115,366 •747,980 •Decrease. *27,204 154,958

1932-33. 1931-32. Beef (qu&rtere) 487,610 186,530 Wether mutton (o/et.) ... 1,084,001 1,437,512 Ewe mutton (o/o».) 926,158 1,435,348 Lamb (o/oe.) 8,794,906 8,804,889 Pork (porkere) (o/oe.) 268,616 130,520 Pork (baxxmers) (o/oe.) 55,364 22,357 Boneless beef (frt. o/oe.) 438,236 340,337 Sundries (frt. c/o*J — 476,972 290,614

30/9/33.30/9/32. Beef (quarters) 145,489 28,075 Wether mutton (c/cs) 14,827 30,806 Ewe mutton (c/cs) .. 22,853 84,279 Lamb (c/cs) 30,343 48,224 Pork (porkers) (c/c) 26,057 8,956 Pork (baconers) (c/cs) 4,444 1,205 Boneless beef (ft. c/cs) 35,226 49,008 Sundries (ft. c/cs) .... 118,335 t loaded 65,036 Stocks of frozen mea' 1 into ships not departed from New Zealand at September 30 compare as follow:— 30/9/33. 30/9/32. Beef (quarters) ...... 3,602 3,961 Wether mutton (c/cs) 14,811 7,709 29,165 Ewe mutton (c/cs) ... 62,496 Lamb (c/cs) ......... 39,740 89,763 Pork (porkers) 4,705 3,792 Pork (baconers) ..... 300 162