TRADE WITH BELGIUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21197, 1 December 1930, Page 11

TRADE WITH BELGIUM.

OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW ZEALAND. ACTIVITY BY OTHER DOMINIONS. (Special to Daily Tikes.) T . AUCKLAND, November 30. for ex P e,ient c prospects at present Srt ew Zealand’s «- j M'l ~1 116 Continent, according to Well Won Belgium at Wellington, who returned by Hie Aoramri P°’ d ? y f fter revisiting his own country. ?boS leo^onn dglUm t 0 th « value tnfn lt ,, £6 ?°» 00 ? were imported annually into the Domimon, and against this exWer f valued at only £240,000. The InnH C !J £ tr * ad - e as tfew land, and yet in Belgium, Canada and , coun * r . le ß virtually controlled the “ ssj zi„d not sH“ e^‘ d that they did not sell New Zealand honey, *Mr Nihotte «aid. “ They sell a Bat?Bfaetorv Engll d h T h °? ey , , wtich is n °t would 1 fihou!d - think there would be a golden opportunity ‘for New Zealand exporters to investigate this mar-,SlrPlla-rly. I did not see any New <* ee l e m Belgium, although there dffn a «t d to bs £ good deman d for CanaflMnnt eese V Canada also 'sends large a pp ]es to Belgium, and I iw t 0«? tbat $P ey fetched higher prices there than in England. puces xraJi 6 re ?j on is not hard to find.’’ Mr to h buil/«n L Canada has taken care ♦La* 'i? er , .European trade. At i h .l;r tw f tp Exhibition.she had a Janie nrndn°? to i5 dve: rtise her industries and ?rafn °r’ v Zealand had none. Them ’i anada bas a Trade Commissioner Soufh bouth Africa also has a Trade CommisBefgTum and ggang l rade P«Bibilit“es in hfi Kihnff ot i>er European countries." atHin T?,VL B r d he . ln . te rviewed officials • gh Commissioner’s Office in London in an endeavour to see whether IT w e 7 n f T ld n S fc be d °ae to increase SiJL »nd w d i 8 - ttade -Wlth European connSdV an . d i? el^ UDl , ln Particular. He was told that the London office had ite attenEnrfjA? 1 y °w pi l d - by the claims of the English market, which was not yet fully deT “ Naturally, one could not «- pect the London office to deal with the Continental trade,” Mr Nihotte sdd! its own sphere of activities is wide, and it is doing good work, but I submit that Jr n d« Uld Pay - New Zealand to appoint a TPi?rnn Commißßl ? n - er to Belgiumand other European countries Canada and South Africa have found that this policy is T lg ™i J 'u Pr °^ ta£de ‘ certainly did M fnr +i d n a ° . unoffic i?l Publicity agent gum” b Domimon while I was in Bel-

v many of them for the better, had occurred in Belgium during the Inst three years, Mr. Nihotte continued. The w m 3sji were (crumbling because of the Arnri,v? rices * a ?L tbe tnan ufacturers were otw n a * • th l i ncrea «e in tariffs in fe-Alrt 1 ? 8 ’- but eoon pmically and in+£l «T y Bel S‘ u m was in a better position than most other countries.- However, Belgium still had to import 85 per cent. °f her food products. The market .” ot be M good as that to^t.iJ beat * VEv wa S> market that Ne ' r Z “ U “ d mortem