DAIRY PRODUCE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20317, 27 January 1928, Page 10

DAIRY PRODUCE.

EXPORT TRADE FIGURES. HEAVY INCREASE IN BUTTER. (Special to Daily Times.) WELLINGTON, January 26. Some interesting figures relating to the present season's export trade were presented at the monthly meeting of the Dairy Export Board to-day. The position with respect to butter is that all stores are cleared to every box available for shipment. The statement on this point is as under: — * Auckland. —The Tamaroa sailed from Auckland on January 21. and there was not sufficient available to fill the space allocated; there were approximately 3000 boxes short. , , ... Wellington.—The Athcnic is loading now, and will be sailing finally on January 28, clearing all butter available Irom Patea, Wanganui, and Wellington. New Plymouth was cleared to January 0 grading, and the Port Caroline loads direct at New Plymouth in the first week in February, lifting 24,000 boxes, which will be all available. South Island. —All stores are practically cleared, except for butter which is being held back by factories. The Port Caroline is now loading in the South Island, working north, and will all stores of everything available at Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and Lyttelton. . . In regard to cheese, the stock position as at January 21 was as follows: —- Allotments for January In store, loading. Wellington 0.000 4,000 New Plymouth .. 11,000 6,000 Patea 15.500 2,500 Wanganui 1,000 1,000 Napier 300 300 Lyttelton 300 800 Timaru 400 400 Dunedin 900 900 Bluff 8,000 8,000 The total shipments of butter from the Dominion this season, commencing last August, and including the bookings for February, have been as follows: This Last season. season. Boxes. Boxes. London .. .. . . 1,543,070 1,252,240 West of England ports 138,999 163,459 United States .. 53,418 36,932 Canada 305,515 86,209 Australia 73,100 30,430 Other countries . . 15,600 5,900 Total .. .. 2,129,702 1,575,167 Increase, 554,535. The shipments of cheese from the Dominion this season, including allotments for February, show an increase of 68,709 crates, compared with the same period of last season, and are as follows; This Last season. season. August .... 28.824 • September . . 15,309 20,382 October .. 60,156 48,584 November . . 125,834 84,311 December .. 115,070 109,797 January .. 155,902 131,700 , February . . 144,850 125,354 The arrivals of butter shipments in Great Britain to the end of this month will total 1,151,203 boxes, as against 983,145 for the same period last season, an increase of 168,058 boxes, and to the end of March 1,798,659 boxes, as against 1,480,619 boxes last season, an increase of 318,049 boxes. This season’s figures are likely to be increased owing to the “ carry over ” of butter shipped to Halifax and New York on optional bills of lading. The arrivals of cheese shipments in Great Britain to the end of January this season will be 384,228 crates, compared with 359,041 crates last season, an increase of 25,187 crates. To the end of March the total arrivals for this season will be 691,065 crates, as against 594,883 crates last season, an increase of 96,182 crates.