DROP IN EXPORTS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20786, 22 April 1939, Page 8

DROP IN EXPORTS

BUTTER AND CHEESE DECREASE IN PRODUCTION The reduction in butter exports for the season to the end of March in comparison, with the same period last • season is approximately 15 per cent. I ; Although exports of both butter and , ! cheese were higher in March than i ! those of the corresponding month of . | 1038, shipments for the eight months ; : of the dairy export season at 91.535 - tons were 16,614 tons lower than those ; of the same period of last season and , 14,825 tons less than exports in the corresponding period of the 1936-37 r season. t Cheese shipments for the period l are down 1949 tons, equal to slightly 1 over 3 per cent. The decline in pro- - duction, however, is not as serious as - the export figures might suggest, grading returns for the eight months - to the end of March showing a decline - of 9.25 per cent, below those of the j same months of the 1937-38 season, f Exports of butter and cheese for the d j first seven months of the past three

The destination of shipments reveal that, while the great bulk of produce is still being forwarded to Britain, less is being sent to London, with a corresponding increase in consignments to outside ports. Of the 91,535 tons of buter despatched from New Zealand ports, some 54,848 tons were sent to London, while over the same period of the previous season, 74,458 tons were shipped to London out of a total of 108,1 49 tons exported.

seasons are as follows:: — BUTTER 1938-39 1937-38 1936-37 Season (tons) (tons) (tons) August 10,089 10,738 9,987 September 9,309 1 1,965 8,686 October 8,383 14,239 13,630 November 13,570 9,490 12,020 December 12,95 1 13,195 17,803 January 10,4 29 15,515 17,085 February 1 1,279 12,823 12,669 March 15,525 15,184 1 4,475 Totals 91,535 108,149 106,360 •Export record or 149,003 tons established this s eason. CHEE 8 E 1938-39 1937-38 1936-37 Season (tons) (tons) (tons) August 6.141 5,829 5,302 September 6,001 6,712 4,281 October 3,706 6,208 5,565 .N ovember 7,126 4,864 6,589 December 8,576 9,897 11,253 January 6,507 8,042 8,786 February 7,929 6,747 8,802 March 10,392 10,028 9,223 Totals 56,378 58,327 59,801