DAIRY PRODUCE

Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 February 1935, Page 3

DAIRY PRODUCE

LONDON PRICES. The New Zealand Dairy Produce Board has received the following market report from its London office dated. #22nd February (last week’s quotations in parentheses):— Butter: New Zealand salted, 83/85/-, equals approx. 9.7 d f.o.b. (88/90/-) —• last year, 72/73/-; unsalted, 90/92/-(94/-90/-) —last year, 72/73/-. Deliveries New Zealand 2345 tons —last year, 1982 tons. In store New Zealand 7004 tons—last year, 7290 tons. Australian salted 82/84/- (88/89/-); unsalted, 88/ 90/- (92/93/-). Deliveries Australian, 2629 tons —las*t year, 3010 tons. In store Australian 3369 tons—last year, 7087 tons. Danish 90/- f.0.b., 112/- spot (94/- 115/116/-). Dutch unsalted, 99/107/- (103/107/-). Latvian unsalted, 95/-. Lithuanian unsalted, 94/- (98/-). Polish salted, 82/84/-. Market slow. Retail prices unchanged; New Zealand, lid; Danish, l/2d. Imperial Economic Committee’s estimated stocks all butters in store 466,326 boxes (last year 750,303 boxes). Cheese: N.Z. white 47/6 48/ —5.11 d f.o.b. (48/6 49/-) —last year, 43/44/-; coloured 47/48/ —5.08 d f.o.b. (48/6 49/-) —last year, 46/48/-. Deliveries New Zealand 17,604 crates—last year, 20,500 crates. In store New Zealand 129,565 crates —last year, 49,720 crates. Australian white 46/- (47/47/6); coloured 45/46/- (46/6 47/-). Canadian white 60/- (60/-); coloured 60/62/(60/62/-). Deliveries Canadian 6695 boxes —last year, 6009 boxes. In store Canadian 100,766 boxes—last year 158,648 boxes. Market quiet. New Zealand retail price unchanged 6d. English finest farmers 82/90/- (82/90/-); English factory cheese 41/48/- (40/45/-).

The Board has also received the following advice from its agents in Canada:—Butter: New York, 35J cents; Montreal, 25 cents. The minimum f.o.b. prices for period’ from 23rd February until further notice remain unchanged at: Butter, 10}d less 11 per cent, commission (83/6 c.i.f.e.); cheese, 5 3-8 d less 1-1 per cent, commission (46/10 c.i.f.e.).