MEAT FOR JAPAN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19132, 29 September 1936, Page 10

MEAT FOR JAPAN

A NEW MARKET INCREASING QUANTITIES With a growing tendency among the Japanese to rat more meat. New Zealand is exploiting what seems likely lo be a good outlet for one of her primary products. Not only has a meat trade grown, however, fur the Japanese consumption of New Zealand wool has increased by almost 250 per cent- in 12 months. On the. other hand, imports from the East have increased but only slightly compared with' the growth of export's. Although no figures were available for comparative purposes. Kinsey and Company, the Christchurch agents fof tlie Osaka Shosen Kaisha. fold the Press that since Lyttelton was included in the direct route of the company's ships in .May last, a large quantity of meat, mostly frozen beef, had been sent to Japan. In the first five months of the new service the- loadings were very satisfactory, and oven'bigger shipments arc to be made in the next three months.

The. beef is all frozen as the ships are not lilted for the cnrria.ge of chilled meat. Nor are they filled fully for frozen cargo, but tlie new vessels 'of the line. I lie Canberra Main and the Tokyo Marti, have greater refrigerated capacity than have the older ships. These two vessels call each carry 370 tout? of frozen cargo, and as the trade warrants it this capacity will he increased, according to the present intentions of the company.

EXPORT OF DAIRY PRODUCE “Australia has almost a monopoly of the dairy produce trade with Japan,” the reporter was told, “but with the present tariff troubles between the two countries there is a chance that we might get some of that.” Any quantity which had been sent, in recent. months had veen very small and purely expert mental. ' ' 1 -. “Since the direct- service with Japan began there has been a very definite in's crease in the cargo handled outward from Lyttelton,” it was said, “although our imports from Japan have shown a slightlint. not, great increase.” ' New Zealand’s greatest export to Japan is wool and tho quantity shipped last season showed an enormous increase/ on the amount tor the previous season. The number of bales shipped to Japan in the. 193-1-35 season was 20.000,' and tho number last season was 69. C-CO. For the same seasons the numbers of bales shipped to the United Kingdom were 222:000 and 270.00(1 respectively. Next season, it was stated. Japan hoped to take 80,0-30 bales from the Dominion, but it was thought that this total might be reduced slightly as Japan would probably have to seek her finer wools in Australia, despite the present difficulties.