UNITED STATES TRADE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20970, 5 September 1931, Page 12

UNITED STATES TRADE.

MARKET IN NEW ZEALAND. POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE. The assistant United States Trade Commissioner in New Zealand for the past three years, Mr. C. F. Kunkel, of Washington, left by the Sierra for Sydney yesterday afternoon on his return. Mr. Kunkel has been succeeded in his office in the Dominion by Mr. Eugene West. In an interview Mr. Kunkel said that considerable progress in opening markets for Amerioan products not manufactured in the Dominion had been achieved since the trade commissioner's office had been instituted in 1927. There was no doubt that it had been justified, as New Zealand, with Australia, was a logical market from tlie point of view of American manufacturers. As with other avenues of trade, the work was being retarded at present by the economic depression, but Mr. Kunkel predicted advances when financial stability was restored. One aspect which ordinarily did not receive sufficient notice was the possibility of widening Now Zealand's markets in the United States in the future. The extension of the industrialisation of America would mean a much greater demand for agricultural products, and this was a possibility which should be watched by New Zealand interests. Although American tariffs at present were somewhat unfavourable, it was probable .that the position from the point of view of New Zealand producers and exporters would improve with intensified manufacturing in the United States. Mr. Kunkel will spend possibly a month in India prior to travelling to New York via the Suez Canal*