ALTERNATIVE MARKETS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 14

ALTERNATIVE MARKETS

SHIPPING SERVICE TO EAST [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL BEPOBTEB] WELLINGTON. Thursday The report discusses the prospects of exploiting markets alternative to Great Britain, and suggests entering into negotiation;! for trade agreements or barter arrangements with countries with which the? balance of trade is unfavourable, special consideration being given to butter and cheese. The countries mentioned are India, Ceylon, British Malaya, Dutch East Indicu, Japan and the United States. The commission recommends that negotiations be entered into with any shipping companies willing to inaugurate a direct service to. Eastern countries. It also mentions sending a trade delegation to the East to make preliminary negotiations regarding trade agreements and to explore the possibilities of the Indian ghee market. Steps to encourage shipping companies to maintain and improve existing services to Jamaica and the British West Indies are advocated, and it is suggested that further development be made of the Panama market and its use surveyed as a distribution centre for South America and certain West Indian islands. The extension of the system of overseas trade tives is advocated.