RECORD LAMB SHIPMENT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 20, 16 October 1937, Page 11

RECORD LAMB SHIPMENT

N.Z. Meat Exports for Past Year BOARD'S RETURNS Thc lendeney of Great Britain to absorb larger supplies of lamb and chiUed beef at the expense of mutton and frozen'beef is again emphasised in the final returns of 'the meat, export1 season of the Doniinion, which closed ion Sepfeniber 30. Lamb shipments '(vere a record, while the progress of the 'chilled beef industry was well maintained, although not on the spectacular scale of the previous year, when the •trade was emerging f rom its iufancy. ' The returns issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers ' Board for the year ended September 30 show that 201,105 quarters of chilled beef were exported, an increase of 39.5 per cent. 'Frozen beef showed a corresponding d«cline, exports falling to 188,128 quarters fropi 205,268 quarters in the previous season." Apart f rom the reopen-. ing of the market in Honolulu, which accepted 542 quarters of chilled beef, the wkole of the output went to the British market. . A featuro of the exports .of frozen beef was the increased .quantity taken by Japan, approximately 5700 quarters bcing shipped to the East, an increase of about 4600 quarters. New York returned to the market, but purchased only 1220 quarters, compared with 15,268 quarters taken in 1934-35. Exports of lamb wero 447,489 carcases greater at the record figure of 9,187,369. Of the minor markets, Honolulu was easily the best, absorbing 2363 carcases, against 127 in the pre- ' -vious season. Destination of Shipments Shipments of mutton declined by 69,560 carcases to 1,800,570 carcases and pork meats were 2340 carcases lowor at 667,104 carcases. Boneless beef shipments increased by 63,908 bags to 299,413 bags. The bulk of the increase went to Britain, but over 4000 bags wore sent to New York and Honolulu. New York absorbed 1640 bags, but here again this trade, which disappeared entirely in 1935-36, was far below ' the 1 24,328 bags taken in 1934-35.