BUTTER FOR BRITAIN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 98, 27 March 1937, Page 4

BUTTER FOR BRITAIN.

AUSTRALIA .DISAPPOINTS. Reviewing the imported dairy produce trade for the year ended June 39, 1936, \Y. VVeddel and Co., state: “One of the disappointments of the year was the big drop in Australian butter shipments, which reduced the Empire totaj to such an extent that increases from New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa were not sufficient to make up tho deficiency Amongst foreign sources the most nota'ble feature has been the rapid growth in Dutch supplies from about 300(1 tons in 1931-32 to nearly 30.000 tons in 1935-36, Having regard to tho import duty of 15s per cwt and the high level of the Dutch currency in comparison with sterling, it is obvious that this heavy export could only be possible with the help of a substantial subsidy. Danish supplies again showed a decline, more on account of larger sales to Germany, than owing to decreased production. “There was also a big reduction in shipments from the U.S.S.R., due to an increase in local consumption. Most of the Baltic countries shipped larger quantities, and the total supply front foreign sources was larger than in tho previous year.”