DECLINE IN FRUIT EXPORTS
SHIPMENTS FROM N.Z. THIS SEASON (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, June 9. A decline of more than half a million cases in the quantity of fruit exported from the Dominion this season, compared with 1938, was announced by the secretary of the New Zealand Fruit Export Control Board (Mr W. M. Benzies). The total number of cases of fruit shipped from the Dominion this year was 1,051,142 cases, compared with 1.562,672 cases last. year. In all districts in the Dominion there has been a marked decline, except in Canterbury and Otago. Export totals are:
District 1938 1939 Auckland 68,882 52,617 Poverty Bay 11,221 4,518 Hawke’s Bay 348,213 68,787 Wairarapa 17,037 14,469 Marlborough 63,954 53,861 Port of Nelson 270,232 190,859 Mapua 373,274 246,528 Motueka 334,900 254,091 Canterbury 35,481 43,181 Otago 39,478 122,231 TOTALS 1,562,672 1,051,142
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Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 8
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