BRITISH CONSUMPTION

Hokitika Guardian, 21 October 1927, Page 4

BRITISH CONSUMPTION

(From London Trade Journal.) BUTTER. Imports ol butter into the t nited Kingdom during 192fi were as follows :

Total foreign . 3,353,992 28,578,289 Grand total .. 5,819,925 18,289,351 The imports for 1925 were: ’total British, 2,982.31 lewt., valued at £25,488,153 ; total foreign. 2,870,931cwi. valued at L27.71fi.21i I ; grand total 5 8.53.2 Uicwt. valued at £53,294,117. The above figures reveal a rather unsatis|actory position in respect ol Empire supplies ol lull ter during last (car. Total foreign supplies, aml those from Denmark in particular, evidenced

a notable expansion at the expense ol Dominion produce, which asserted 9 sell particularly well in 192.), hill. Il is much to lie hoped that helore very long Ihe lost position will he recovered, and both Australia and New Zealand largely increase their business. The one encouraging leature last year was tin* larger imports ol Irish blitter. ( oinpetition from Denmark and the Baltic States is likely to continue to he very keen, and can only he successfully met by first-class marketing organization and the most efficient grading of produce. New Zealand remains the largest Imperial source of butter, and, so long as there is a market for her produce. she has unlimited potentialities in this direction.

The dairying industry in New /ea land to-day is highly efficient and sciontilicnilv developed, and has great promise of future success, lor her butter is among the best, in the world. Last year this Dominion shipped to other (ountries 1.1(57.0 Iflcwt.. valued at c8,(595.197, as compared with 1,215,321 cwt., valued at £10.210.132, in 192).

In Australia dairying occupies a position ol great importance, and. so talas butter is concerned, enables tie Commonwealth to export large quantities. For the fiscal year 1925-2(1 shipments totalled 97,889.8241 b.. valued at £7.994.830. as compared with 115,28132filh.. \alued at £ 10.005.0.8 1. in 1921-25.

Canadian butter is becoming a welcome foodstuff in file English market, and this also should he able tn Ciller into effective competition with the Danish and loreign product. ( amid i has a large annual output of butter, by far the hulk of which is consumed in lie Dominion. tor (lie year ended March. 1927 s exports of biller from the Dominion amounted to !)8,7S lewt., valued at $3,351,589. as compared with 233.035icwt.. valued at $8,773,125, in 1025-2(1.

B'outli AI riea possesses a small hut growing dairy industry which hu t year provided for export 259.7331 b of butter and butter substitutes to the value of £17,840. In 1925 .similar exports totalled 788,191 lb., valued at £58.920. CHEESE. During 192(1 the United Kingdom imported cheese as follows:

Tlic totals for 1025 wore: British 2.725. g llirwl., \-: 1 1 1 n ■ C 1.'1.53!),875 ; foreign 373. lollewt.. value Cl ,85(1,925; grand totals. 3,095,702 cwt., value, .C15,(>91>,8011. Dominion elieese is much in favour in Groat Britain. notwithstanding decreased trade last year, it constituted more than live-sixths of the total imports, for which New Zealand and Canada were almost wholly responsible. New Zealand last year shipped to the United Kingdom more cheese than hotter. and actually extended her trade, hut business in the Canadian product declined.

The progressive nature of the dairying industry in New Zealand has its resultant effect upon the quality and output of the cheese from this source. Kxports cuotinuo to grow, and there should he an increasing demand from the .Mother Country. Last year exports of cheese from New Zealand totalled 1,161 ,538 cwt., vnTued at Co,!),'ll),,'ll!), as compared with 1,376,754 cwfc, valued at C0.800.80S in 1925.

Canada has a large number of elieese factories, the output of which is in the neighbourhood of 170,000,0001 b annually. As in the ease of New Zealand, the hull; of the cheese exported goes to the United Kingdom. For the fiscal year ended March last shipments of Canadian cheese totalled 1 ..'Kiti.Oolewt., valued at $21.05(5.179. In 1925-20 they were I ,18.‘1,335ewt., valued at $33,718.587.

Australia also produces considerable quantities of elieese as well as butter and there is a large domestic consumption. Kxports in 1925.2(1 totalled 0,872,791 lh., the value being C 270.712. In the previous fiscal year shipments were 10.!15,'1.9501b.. valued at (.‘303.757.

From Cut. C. Irish I' - roe Stiite 496.245 3.83*3,007 Australia 752,088 5,759,695 New Zealand ... 1.153,896 9,607,459 Canada 64,394 508,853 Total British . 2.166.623 19,711,074 Hns.sia 262,291 1,924,185 Finland 186,591 1,556,870 Sweden 151.072 1,327,190 Denmark 1,906,495 17,166,480 Netherlands 150.112 1,330,281 N'illKV 29.971 239,149 t idled State'. .*. 1.651 36,350 Argentina 513,697 3,859,248 Other eunn tries 1 14,789 1,138,527

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