Dairy Produce Marketing

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 12, 15 December 1933, Page 3

Dairy Produce Marketing

Board Assumes Limited Control A decision to complete the dairy produce marketing proposals which have been before the industry for some time was made by the Dairy Produce Board last week, and the necessary resolutions were passed to put the ideas into effect. Consideration of the exact details in connection with importers’ licenses will be deferred until the board has consulted with representatives of the Importers’ Association. It was decided that from August 1, 1934, factories in New Zealand exporting butter and cheese on consignment will be required to consign only to such persons, firms or companies outside New Zealand as may be approved by the board, and in such quantities as the board also approves. It will be a condition of all licenses that butter and cheese shall not be sold until the ship’s arrival at the port of discharge, and also that all agents handling produce on consignment shall on request furnish to the board copies of account sales, giving the names of purchasers and actual dates of sales, and that they will also permit account sales to be audited or verified from time to time on behalf of the board. The second part of the resolution dealing with the marketing proposals stated that, whether either butter or cheese is being exported in pursuance of sales made f.o.b. or c.i.f., export shall be only at a price or prices approved by the board. The effect of these resolutions is that the board has decided upon the general principles of limited control, but the details of licenses required by the importers in England have not yet been fixed and are a matter for negotiations between the board and the Importers’ Association. There will not be any attempt whatever at price fixation in England, and the

board intends to co-operate fully with the Importers’ Association. The board decided also to notify those dairy companies which had written expressing approval of the board’s proposed marketing regulations, but entering protests against interference with the present methods of making f.o.b. sales, that the board appreciates their expression of opinion, and informs them that, although the clause regarding f.o.b. and c.i.f. selling forms a necessary part of the regulations, providing a policy for the improvement of the marketing of New Zealand dairy produce, which the board and the London importers consider a vital need owing to the chaotic conditions prevailing at present, the board does not desire to act under this clause in an arbitrary manner, but will restrict sales only to such extent as in its judgment, after giving consideration to reports received, it considers advisable for the protection from time to time of individual factories and of the industry as a whole.

Increase in Auckland’s Butterfat Production The output of the Auckland province during October, which is the latest figure available, totalled 24,726,0001 b of butterfat, compared with 21,227,0001 b produced in October, 1932, an increase of 16.5 percent. For the three months of the current season ended October, 51,331,0001 b of butterfat was produced, against 40,710,0001 b in the same period last year, the advance being 26 percent. The higher rate of advance for the three months'is due to large increases in production in August and September, when the rise compared with the previous season amounted to 42 percent and 34 percent respectively.

Suppliers Transferring During Season Legislation designed to prevent a supplier transferring from one dairy factory to another during any one season was introduced in the House of Representatives last Friday. Until recently this provision was contained in the regulations which govern dairy factories, but the validity of the rule was tested in the Court of Appeal, which decided it was unsound. To retain the present situation, the Government decided to incorporate the spirit of the regulation in the bill, which was introduced. Cotton and linen goods guaranteed to be 100 percent unshrinkable will be placed on the world markets on a very large scale as the result of a finishing process, which it is claimed is likely to revolutionise the textile industry.