TRADE WITH JAPAN

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 94, 4 April 1934, Page 8

TRADE WITH JAPAN

Opening for the Dominion CHANGING ORIENTAL DIET The belief that there are good prospects for largely increased trade between New Zealand and Japan is strongly held by Mr J. A. Hyndman, of Tokio, who arrived at Auckland on Monday by the Niagara from Sydney. Mr Hyndman stated that a valuable foundation for New Zealand butter had already been laid in Japan, and mentioned a well-known brand that had been introduced there which he considered had an excellent future. In his opinion, also, there was a big future for meat export to Japan. ”1 think the future prospect for business between the two countries is admirable,” he said. “Even though you have a very small population here, the business i s very well balanced. Providing your Government does not discriminate against Japan, it will find her a permanently good customer.’’

Mr Hyndman is here representing the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line and its annual official guide, “Glimpses of the East.” He said it was strange that although that publication had appeared now for 16 years, nothing had appeared in it about New Zealand. He was hoping while in this country to arrange to have this remedied. SHIPPING CONNECTIONS. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha Company has had contact with the Dominion for many years by transhipping goods at Australian and American ports, anu large quantities of cargo are handled by the company, both to and from New Zealand.

The Japanese, Mr Hyndman said, are acquiring the habit of using butter, and their own grazing territory loi cattle is very limited. They are similarly restricted in land for grazing sheep, and even in Manchuria the possible production of wool is limited by the severe winters and an unsuitable type of fodder.

Many New Zealanders are now to be found in Japan, Air Hyndman said, particularly since the development of the wool trade with this country. New Zealand importers had been sending over representatives to make connections. At the present time certain countries were spreading propaganda against the importation of Japanese goods, but it appeared they were mat mg a mistake if they had any product for export in which Japan was inter ested. TARIFF ON WOOLLENS. Regarding import duties on woollen goods, he said it did not seem fair that countries like New Zealand and Australia should put a prohibitive tr.i

on the importation of garments manufactured probably 90 per cent, from their own products. New Zealand was now getting a footing nicely in the Japanese wool trade, and if she nursed it, she would find a good permanent market. , New Zealand was also in a position to cater for the meat industry m Japan, which had a big future before it. The Japanese were fast becoming meat and bread eaters in place of eat. ing fish and rice. The medical profession was spreading propaganda in that direction all the time. Mr Hyndman said that his company hoped in the near future to put larger and faster steamers on the run between the China coast and Australia. At the present time the transhipping arrangements were quite satisfactory for the New Zealand trade, but if busi-

ness developed it might be found necessary to extend the run to the Do