MEAT EXPORTS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 101, 1 May 1930, Page 16

MEAT EXPORTS

VANISHING SHIPMENTS "IfO

THE STATES

The New Zealand Meat Producers' E Joard reports the following shipments of fi.ozen meat from New Zealand for the p'enod 1st October to 15th April. Shipped from Now Zealand to the Utaitcd Kingdom and North America, etc. Beef. Mutton, lamb. i^crk. 1930. Qrs. C/cs. C/ca. 4'/c3. London 54,434 95G.GG3 2,G!)5,78S Ji4,521 Southampton — 27,873 .108,503 — Liverpool G.0S2 43,131 329,750 .8,552 Glasgow 5,231 10,480 10,007 7,381 Avonmouth 4,010 21,751 132,19J 4.2G0 Manchester — 700 9,111 — "■ Cardiff 507 2,000 13,500 — .Montreal 219 ' 1,515 — — 'Halifax 1,969 — . — — •New York ' 1,411 2,000 S.000 — i Boston — — — — Vancouver 3,550 703 1,505- • — San Francisco : — — 4 — . • .; 77,443 1,060,852 3,312,973 «9,717 Boneless beef, 52,093 bags. 1929. London 11,522 ■ 735,559 2,301,309 55, «05 Southampton — 27,348 83,197 — Liverpool -964 29,438 214,903 10,.115 Glasgow S85 3,823 0,494 12, 040 Avonmouth — 23.1G3 75,lfi3 10,779 Manchester — G91 10,531 -500 Halifax 2,197 — — ■ — New York 24,147 .206 32,002 — Boston — — 2,509 — Colon 1,374 — — — Vancouver 3,S00 ' — I 4 - — San Francisco 130 140 2 -- 44,519 820.3CC 2,72G,2G4 SS,d 99 Boneless beef, 35,89S bags. •Note. —In the case of,meat shipped ,<>n optional bill of lading the first port naml sd on such B/L is shown herein as the destiiti ition. ' ■ ■ f The returns show a heavy falling-off fri shipments of New Zealand meat to tJua United States. These compare as follow:: Mutton Bone Beef, and Lamb Beef, ' Season. quarters. Carcasses. Bags.;i 1928-29 .... 24,277 34,863 21,059; 1929-30 .... 1,411 10,000 3,840; Reduction, ■ ■ • j 1930 ..... 22,866 24,863 17,219 ; It should be noted also that shipments to New York this current export seasorj were carried under optional bill of lading,. in other words, the meat destined for New; York was not necessarily disposed of in.i the United States. FREEZING WORKS RETURNS. Returns of killings for esport at all works during 1929-30 season—1st October to 15th April—show increased output (excepting pork) when compared with last) season. The returns compare as follow:— ' 1930. 1929. Beef (quarters') .... 131,717 ' 71,234 Wether mutton (c5cs) 1,248,651 811,044 Ewe mutton (c/cs) 913,181 513,437 Lamb (e/cs) ....... 4,975,519 4.470.303 Pork (porkers) (c/cs) 62,244 82,487 Pork baconers) (c/cs) 29,575 41,511 Boneless beef (frt. carcasses) . ■ 144,374 9S,059 Sundries' (frt c/cs). . 91,491 51,707 Stocks on hand at 15th April show substantial increases (excepting pork) in every particular, and are as follow:—Beef (quarters). 53,104,: wethers 639,668, ewes 552,384, lambs 1,637,851, pork (porkers) 20,143, pork (baconers) 10,256, ,i boneless beef (freight carcases) 64.573, sundries (freight carcasses) 33,245.