TRADE WITH GERMANY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23302, 22 March 1939, Page 12

TRADE WITH GERMANY

IMPORT RESTRICTIONS GOODS FOR DOMINION BUSINESS STILL SUBSTANTIAL The trade treaty with Germany does not seem to have been imperilled by the import regulations, according to M impression among some importers, who still do a substantial business with Germany. When the treaty was announced importations of favoured goods under the barter agreement were promptly arranged and trade in them developed steadily. On the application of the import restrictions it was soon clear to importers that cuts were made in respect of German goods on a basis very similar to those imposed on imports from other foreign countries. At first this gave rise to an impression that the trade treaty was being disregarded, but because of the big increase in trade last year s the cuts oil the Ibasis previously mentioned were not sufficient to prevent a fairly substan-.' tial inflow of German goods. There 13 now evidence to suggest to importers particularly concerned that the imports as regulated by the Customs ment are sufficient to conform under the barter arrangements with actual exports to Germany.