N.Z. MARKETS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 161, 17 May 1940, Page 7

N.Z. MARKETS

LAMB SHIPMENTS TO CANADA Prior to the war, the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board, with the object of widening the export outlets for Dominion meat, made shipments to Canada on its own responsibility. New Zealand lamb was so well received in the sister Dominion that the board has decided to continue shipping some lamb to this destination in order to keep up the connection with this potentially valuable market. The shipments this season, !io\v J ever, will be much less than those of the last two years,, and it ha : s now been arranged that a consignment will go ' forward this month., During the last two years the board lias made substantial shipments to Canada. Last year it purchased 17,000 carcases of lamb and mutton which were shipped to Montreal and Toronto, and met with a very favourable reception. It is realised that the war will probably have its effect on lamb and mutton sales in Canada, but in view of the potentialities of the Canadian market the board considers it essential that the continuance of even small shipments is most desirable to maintain an excellent opening. On the suggestion of the Meat Board, special provision was made in the meat purchase agreement witli the United Kingdom that New Zealand could retain the right to supply a small quantity of meat to its regular trade outside the United Kingdom.