HOPE FOR FRUIT TRADE
EFFECT OF OTTAWA TARIFFS. ' •• DIFFICULTIES OF EXCHANGE. - I J:,;'. . ; By Telegraph.—Press Association. _ Auckland, Rec. 21. The London manager of the Zealand Fruit Board, Mr. H. Turner, who has returned by the Rangitata, expressed the hope that the British tariff revision resulting from the Ottawa Conference would help New Zealand growers next season.
Conditions oh the Continent * and..' in Scandinavia were making business most difficult, he said. In consequence of the different exchange rates Australian growers enjoyed a premium of 15. per cent., which enabled them to underquote New Zealand fruit and still realise a better price. New Zealand fruit still held pride of place for quality, and under the most advantageous market conditions commanded Is to Is 6d per_case more than most other fruit.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1932, Page 4
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