LONDON’S MEAT SUPPLY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12604, 15 November 1926, Page 3

LONDON’S MEAT SUPPLY

353,066 TONS FOR 9 MONTHS IMPORTED SUPPLIES 81.4 PER CENT. NEW ZEALAND LEADS IN MUTTON AND LAMB The New Zealand M - it Producer?' Board has been advised bv its London office that the supply of meat and like produce to the London Central Markets during tho nine months ended September, 1926. aggregated 353,666 tons. against 340.308 tons same period 1925 an increase of 12,758 tons, or 3.7 per cent. Imported supplies, apart from produce originating in Ireland, formed 81.4 per cent, of the total quantity of produce marketed. British and Irish supplies aggregated 65,801 tons, or 15.6 per cent, of the total supply—New Zealand 56.133 tons or 15.9 per cent.—Australia 18,691 tons, or 5.3 per cent; Canada 3909 tons or 1.1 per cent.; United States of America. 226tons, or 0.6 per cent; Argentina, 158,44 Q tons; or 44.9 per cent.; Uruguay, 13,736 tons, or 3.9 per cent.; Nethe?lands. 22.044 tons, or 6.3 wr cent; and oilier foreign countries 12,031 tons, or 3.4 per cent. DESCRIPTION AND COUNTRY OF ORIGIN BEEF AND TEAL. 195,753 tons. 86.3 per cent, importc I Argentina leading with 140,450 tons, <a 71.8 per cent; Britain and Ireland, 26.903 tons, or 13.7 per cent.; Uruguay, 11,398 tons, or 5.8 per cent.* Australia, 5350 tons, or 2.7 per cent; Netherlnnd. 4250 tons, or 2.2 per cent.: Canada, 29811 tons, or 1.5 per rent.; New Zealand. 1104 tons, or o.s per cent: and other countries, 3309 tons, or 1.7 per cent. MUTTON AND LAMB. 107,849 tons, 80.1 per cent imported. New Zealand leading with 54,234 ton*, or 50.3 per cent ; Britain and Ireland. 21,400 tons, or 19.9 per cent.; Argentina, 17,0,6 tons, or 15.8 per cent.,: Australia, 11,032 tons, or 10.2 per cent.; Netherlands, 1641 tons, or 1.5 per cent.; Uruguay, 2328 tons, or 2.2 per cent.,; and other countries, 138 tons, of 0.1 per cent. 1 PORK. 28.346 tons, 73.4 per cent imported. Netherlands leading with 14,858 tons or 52.4 per cent.; Britain and Ireland. 7531 tons, or 26.6 per cent.; United States of America, 629 tons, or 2.2 per cent.: Canada. *3l tons, or 2.6 per cent.: and other countries, 4597 tons, of 16.2 per cent. Analysis of supplies for the nine months ended September. 1926. and comparison with the corresponding period of 1925: .

Beef and Veal. 1926. Tons. 26.903 5,350 1.104 2,989 1925. Tons. 26.316 8,142 2.137 3.203 Britain and Ireland Canada United States of America 967 Argentina 140,450 11,398 7!fKh> 2,201 1S9.143 Total—Beef and veal... 195,753 INTERESTING COMPARISONS. Analysis of supplier months ended September 1326. and enmpanson ■with the corresponding period of 1925:— Mutton and Lamb. Britain and Ireland 1926. Tons. 21,400 11,082 54,234 192."). Tons. 16.472 2.6?0 52,603 Canada 40 41 20,647 701 4.163 2,328 1,641 Total—Mutton & lamb Pork. 107,849 97,710 Britain and Ireland :,53i 40 l.vi 9,199 New Zealand 24 Canada 731 1,508 United States of America 629 140 14,858 19,626 1,888 33,369 Total —Pork 28.346