DUTCH EAST INDIES

Southland Times, Issue 19656, 5 October 1922, Page 7

DUTCH EAST INDIES

A MARKET FOR N.Z. PRODUCE. prospects of finding a market for New Zealand produce in the Dutch East Indies are briefly discussed in the annual report of the Department of Industries and Commerce. “It is fully expected,” states the report, “that something tangible will be done before long to 'exploit, to the advantage of this country, the markets in the East which are now available to us. As a preliminary to trade being established, it would appear to be advisable for this Dominion to fake advantage of the invitation to make an exhibit at the annual fair held at Buitenzorg, Java, in September of each year. The New Zealand Industrial Corporation is interesting itself in the matter of making such an exhibit, and it is probable that. New Zealand will participate in the fair to be held in 1923. “New Zealand must sooner or later have direct shipment to a market possessing such possibilities, and it would seem to be a necessary preliminary to opening up trade and shipping negotiations that traders here should adopt the methods taken by Mr Teppema (Consul-General for the Netherlands) in New Zealand, and bring their produce and manufactures directly under the notice of merchants and traders in Java. Once our products become known a big trade can reasonably be expected. “In Java there is a market for dairy produce, meat, cattle, honey, flour, marble, coal, and for manufactures such as soap, canned foods, leather, footwear, confectionery, and cement.