New Zealand Wool. For All the World

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27093, 30 May 1949, Page 4

New Zealand Wool. For All the World

It is not known if Marshal Tito insists on New Zealand wool for his underwear, but it is a fact that Yugoslavia imported four bales of New Zealand wool last year. Switzerland imported 75 bales, but whether the yodelling mountaineers will wear any of it is another thing. They would probably appreciate its warmth just as much as anyone else. Most people in the world appreciate New Zealand wool. That is obvious from the figures supplied to the Daily Times by the New Zealand Wool Board.

The United Kingdom, France, and was sent were: United Kingdom (pri- .. TTnitori nf Ampriea in that vate shipments), 318,159 bales; United the United States of America, in tnat Kingdom (JO shipments). 114.505; order, were New Zealand s best cus- p rance( 178,896; USA, 54,682; Germany, tomers for wool in the nine months 35,961; Holland, 35,079; Russia. 34,721; which ended on March 31 last. Ger- Canada, 33,302; Belgium, 25,765; Italy, many, Holland, and Russia were fourth, 17,254; Australia, 13,217; Poland, 8268; fifth, and sixth respectively on the list Sweden, 5965; Denmark, 4384; India, of 29 different countries to which New 3602; Egypt, 2823; Japan, 2540; Greece, Zealand wool was shipped in that 1642; Czechoslovakia, 1551; Morocco, period, states the Wool Board. 1286; Bulgaria, 1092; Norway, 613: FinThe total exports for the nine months land, 336; Spain, 279; South Africa, 256; were 896,924 bales, comprising 688,353 Eire, 241; China, 204; Algeria, 197; greasy, 109,766 slipe, and 98,805 scoured. Switzerland, 75; Northern Ireland. 25; The countries to which the wool Yugoslavia, 4.