OUR FOREIGN TRADE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 12

OUR FOREIGN TRADE.

NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES. PALMERSTON N.. vSeptember 2. Mr Young Liang Hwang, Chinese Consul, is not enamored of New Zealand's methods of fostering trade with foreigners, especially with the Far East. He considers there are many things which New Zealand could supply in large quantities to China, but the only trade done with that country is by a few Chinese merchants. For instance, such thinge as fungus, sharks' fins, and beche-de-mer, which are esteemed as such delicacies in China, are to be got readily in New Zealand, but r.one of the merchants seem to think it worth while to establish a trad<> in these commodities, while little is done in the more common products — mutton, beef, wool, etc. — which find ready markets in China . Ma- Hwang spoke of the casual way in whirh New Zealand conducted business with foreign countries. " The New Zealand people don't seem to know how to trade," he said to a Standard repoiter yesterday They rarely ever seek trade. Any trade done with a foreign country is the result of the work of the agents of those countries, and not through fmy effort on the part of New Zealand. They aw content to send exports to -Eng-lish-speaking countries, and have got an idea that they can keep it among themselves. That is not good business."

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