FARCE OF U.K. EMBARGO

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18162, 9 August 1933, Page 2

FARCE OF U.K. EMBARGO

RUSSIAN BUTTER MORE NOW IMPORTED LONDON, Juno 19., Extraordinary revelations of ,a world Utfaek on. the produce markets of Great Britain are made in the latest Government -trade returns. Britain to-day is the dumping ground of the world’s surplus produce. Russia., despite the embargo, is increasing her butter exports to us.. The Argentine is sending still more peongrown Wheat. Rumania, the United States,, and even Persia increased 'their /handing of barley. Germany sent irtorn bounty-fed oats. Denmark even wore bacon and eggs, and the Argentine more frozen meat. Mcrre than £12,309,000 worth of these foods(tpffs were dumped here in one montfh.

Ile.re are the figures:— Thic Argentine sent 2,iiOO,OOOcwts. of who at —!ißo,ooocwtg. nidro than in tho corresponding month of last year. T*here is a. British Government cmbamjo against the landing of Russian 'bu.tter. Soviet Russia sent 10,000cwts. niybre butter in the first month of this embargo. Tito Irish Free State, too, increased her butter exports to the United Kingdoninby 16, OOOcwts. Denmark sent 5,000,0(90 more eggs, Poland eggs more than she did a year ago. Germany dumped 18,OOOcwts, more oats and the. Argentine oats imports at our 'pends ijbso from 287,403cwt5. to 336,8891cwK

i Tlte bnrlejy imports increases are:— United Stages, 110, OOOcwts. ; Persia, 100,OOOcwts. K , and Rumania 13,OOOcwts. I Denmark sent 93, OOOcwts, more bacon and the Argentine again inpro a aed her export of frozen meat — 2000cwts. more this time.