Potatoes for South America
NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS. Per Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Last Light. Several inquiries hare been received ia Christchurch for shipment of potatoes to Argentina end Uruguay. No sales have yet been made, but as the South American crop is short this year, merchants hope that negotiations now in progress will end in export orders "being booked. Two thousand tons ol : New Zealand potatoes, nearly all lrom Canterbury, were shipped to the order of tho Uruguayan Government in 1933. The prico received varied then from £5 10s to £7 toil f.o.b. Merchants in Wellington and Tiraaru havo also received inquiries. If orders arc booked the export would have the effect of steadying the market.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 141, 17 June 1936, Page 7
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115Potatoes for South America Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 141, 17 June 1936, Page 7
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