TRADE WITH JAPAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21961, 19 November 1934, Page 5

TRADE WITH JAPAN

OPENING FOR DOMINION MORE BUTTER BEING EATEN [by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON. Sunday The opinion that there is an opening for New Zealand products in Japan was expressed by Mr. L. A. Jacobson, a Wellington businessman, who returned this week after an extended tour of America, Canada and the Uast. He said it had been impressed on him that Japan was anxious for more trade with Australia and New Zealand to compensate for what Japan bought from those countries. The present unfavourable balance in Japan's eyes was more against Australia than New Zealand. Japan had been importing Australian butter but merchants had been unfortunate in their shipments. One merchant had informed him that the condition of biitter on arrival was such that the order could not he repeated, and as a consequence butter was now being obtained from Canada. Tho Japanese were eating more meat and butter and would continue to do so. Business was to bo done in those lines and Australia was losing no time in becoming established in the Japanese market. Recently restaurants on English linos had opened in Japan and Japanese had visited America with the idea of securing all the information possible regarding the conduct of restaurants and the preparation of food. Japan produced butter in the northern provinces, but it was insipid. Her meat was hand-fed and was used only in high-class restaurants. Poultry was far cheaper than meat. Mr. Jacobson said there was no indication of a slump in Japan and no indication of unemployment. In the iron and steel industries works > were so busy filling domestic requirements that orders were anything up to six months behind.