DAIRY PRODUCE
-Press Asgn,
Survey of World Position Since 1900 BRITAIN BEST CUSTOMER
(By Telegraph-
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(Received 31, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 30. Since the beginning of the century world trade in butter has sbown rapid and cc.ntiniicus expansion. but it receded slightly in 1936, states the Imperial Economic Committee's report on dairy produce. • Britain took over four-fifths of the world imports compared with two-thirds in 1930. The imports of other countries declined substantially owing to restrictive measures. Consumption in Britain was 251bs. per head per annum, Denmark and France 20.13, and Germany and America 17. New Zealand and Ireland were the highest consumers with over 401bs. iHe consumption of cheese in Britain is declining, states the report. This contracts with the trend in Europe, where it has increased. The wirid export of eggs fell 27 per cent. between 1930 and 1936, Britain taking more than half the total world exports. Egg consumption is highest in Ireland, which averages 300 eggs per head per annum, compared with Britain's 158.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 83, 31 December 1937, Page 5
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