TRADE WITH HAWAII

Otago Witness, Issue 3512, 5 July 1921, Page 37

TRADE WITH HAWAII

THE POSSIBILITIES. WELLINGTON, June 30. For a considerable time Honolulu and New Zealand merchants have been endeavouring to secure regular allotments of refrigerator space by New ZealandVancouver mail steamers to work up a trade in New Zealand in meat, butter, etc. The Department of Industries and Commerce has dono everything possible to develop the trade, and the Union Company is now carrying to Honolulu by the Niagara and the Makura all refrigerated cargo offering. The Western Canadian demand for New Zealand meat has eased off for the Canadian midsummer, and no difficulty is anticipated in meeting the Hawaiian refrigerator space requirements till the Canadian demand for our meat varies. In October the Union Company hopes to be able to provide 150 tons space for meat all the year round to supply the United States navy and army garrison contractors and the civil population of Hawaii, amounting to 260,000, and the large CanadianAmerican tourist traffic affords a big market for high class food products, and, given a certainty of cargo space available, a favourable opportunity exists for New Zealand exporters to exploit this market. Besides meat Hawaii can take apples, onions, potatoes, butter, cheese, eggs, smoked and fresh fish, dried and condensed milk, canned meats, grass seed, woollen suiting, blankets, hosiery, etc. The United States emergency tariff will, however, have a modifying influence on trade between New Zealand and Honolulu, and prospective exporters must take this into consideration. It is understood that fruit, and some agricultural and pastoral products are to be subject to duty.