N.Z. WOOL TRADE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 87, 13 April 1938, Page 11

N.Z. WOOL TRADE

OFFERINGS AM) SALi\ DECREASE

REDUCED EXPORTS A considerable decrease in the quantities of wool sold in New Zealand and exported during the nine months ended March 28, as compared with those for the corresponding period of last season, is shown in the returns compiled and issued by Dalgety and Co., Ltd.

Offerings of wool last month which included five major roster sales, totalled 121,995 bales, of which 116.323 bales were sold.

For the nine months ended March 28 offerings totalled 569,174 bales, of which 502,245 were sold, as against 603.933 bales offered and 599,248 bales sold during the corresponding period of last season. This season’s offerings have been 34.759 bales less than those for the nine months for 1936-37, while actual sales show a decrease of 97.003 bales.

Details of offerings and sales for the period compare as follows: — Nine months

The figures show Wellington to be the principal wool export port of the Dominion, followed by Napier-Waiko-kopu (Hawke’s Bay), Christchurch (Lyttelton), Dunedin, Auckland and Wanganui, in that order.

1937 iX Offered. Sold. Bales. Bales. Invercargill 47,871 45,261 Dunedin 82,394 76,841 Timaru 40,058 38,332 Christchurch 83,008 72,725 Blenheim 33 33 Wellington - 104,427 91,88a Wanganui 55,112 44,609 Napier 82,934 76,676 Gisborne 2,328 1,974 Auckland 71,009 53.903 — 569.174 502,245 — 1936-37 Invercargill 45,023 44,830 Dunedin 94,287 93,634 Timaru 41,910 41,734 Christchurch 90,442 89,249 Blenheim 155 153 Wellington 96,363 94,820 Wanganui 61,339 61,183 Napier 91,159 90,84 i Gisborne 4,901 4,780 Auckland 78,354 78,018 — 603,933 599,248 — Shipments of wool from the Dorninion last month totalled 119,260 bales. of which 104,322 bales were ' greasy wool and 14,938 bales scoured and slipe. Exports of wool for the nine months to March 23, totalled 509,076 bales, compared with 592,981 bales for the corresponding period of last season, a decrease of 83,905 bales. Details of the exports compare as follows: — Nine months. 1937-38 1936-37 Bales. Bales. Invercargill 31,495 39,960 Dunedin 55.778 59,232 Oamaru 4,047 1,446 Timaru 22,151 24,801 Christchurch 71,916 78,634 Blenheim 3,342 4,271 Nelson 1,047 449 Wellington 105,066 113,257 Wanganui 43,7’56 57,113 New Plymouth, 1,211 Waitara 1,339 Napier, Waikokopu 85,336 106,703 Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay 28,633 29,251 Auckland, Opua 55,120 76,653 — Total 509,076 592,981