Dominion Trade With Europe

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 100, 1 May 1935, Page 7

Dominion Trade With Europe

Exploiting The Development

of New Markets

TRADE COMMISSIONER TO BE APPOINTED Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Hon. R. Masters (Minister of Industries and Commerce) announced to-day that Cabinet has approved of the appointment of a New Zealand Trade Commissioner on the Continent of Europe. Though the location of the office lias not been finally determined, it is at present proposed that the Trade Commissioner, when appointed, will make his headquarters in Brussels. This decision, the Minister said, represented a further step in the Government’s policy of definitely proceeding to exploit the development of new markets. He was convinced the vast population of industrial Europe must be regarded as one of New Zealand’s natural markets. The central location of the new Commissioner’s office should enable him to keep in touch with such important buyers as Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and, perhaps to a lesser extent, with Spain, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia and northern European countries.

It would be part of the duty of tfie Trade Commissioner to see that New Zealand exporters were kept fully informed and, wherever possible, assisted in overcoming the restrictive provisions of European trading and financial laws. The Commissioner would also act as New Zealand’s representative in the development of the tourist traffic.