CHINA AS A COMPETITOR

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 8

CHINA AS A COMPETITOR

The consignment-of Chinese beef lately reported from London was tho first from that source received in tho British Isles. The Melbourne "Argus" says: "Since tho experiments in pork importations into Great Britain from China some time ago tho effect of first failures has been largely overcome, British and other cooi storage companies having set up establishments iu China to conduct tho industry under proper sanitaiy conditions.Tho measure of success which has attended tlicso undertakings may be gauged from the fa6t that in 1917 exports of frozen beef, pork, game, bacon, and hams, lard, poultry, eggs, and egg products reached a total value of <£1,250,(100. In practically every item in tho list China figures as a competitor for the British market, which obtained from the Eastern 6ource indicated during 1917 about 38,500,000 eggs, valued at .£255,000; egg yolk, etc., worth .£1,433,000; about 7'1,127cwt. of lard, invoiced at ,£378,000; 54,5G5cwt. of pork, bacon and hams, of a value of X 355,000, and poultry valued at ,£205,000. Tho egg trade of China lias been developed steadily in recent years, and annually 350,090,000 preserved and fresh eggs aro shipped abroad in addition to 30,000,0001b. of frozen eggs and 55,000,0001b. of egg yolk and albumen. Tho aggregato valuo of all egg products exported in 1917 was nearly ,£3,000,000. In 1915-lB Australia imported from China G14,2f11) dozen eggs valued flt .£28,760, but in the next following yea.r tho figures declined to 32,500 dozen, valued at .C 1299."