POTATO EXPORTS
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE
(By Telecrraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, June 4.
. Chief activity in the grain and produce markets at present is the assembling and packing of potatoes for shipment to South America.
Most of the produce stores are very busy with this work, which, incidentally, has given employment to roughly 200 men. Four boats will sail within the next three weeks, and by the end of the month about 13,400 tons will have been shipped.
The Hororata, the first boat to leave with potatoes, arrived on Monday and landed her cargo in excellent condition. Some orders have been received for shipment after the end of this month.
The market, after a flutter at midweek, is distinctly easier, as apart from the export,inquiry, there is very little business offering. Shipments to the North Island recently have been substantial, and it will take about a week or ten days to clear the stocks at present held. The price on trucks is now about £6, but earlier in the week sales were made at as hi<*h as £6 10s. With a reduction in the quotation, farmers have been more willing to sell.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370605.2.22.1
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 6
Word Count
190POTATO EXPORTS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in