A RECORD

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 358, 20 October 1932, Page 2

A RECORD

AUSTRALIAN BUTTER. The rapid development of overseas trade in Australian butter is shown in the seventh annual report of the Australian Dairy Produce Control Board for the year ended June 30, 1932, which was tabled in the Federal House of Representatives by the Minister of Commerce (Mr. Hawker). During the year 91,086 tons of butter were exported from Australia, which exeeeded all previous records, and represented an increase of 17,135 tons over the exports of 1930-31. The exports of cheese were 3378 tons, which are slightly less than the experts for the previous year. Of the exports of butter, 83,973 tons were shipped to the United iKngdom, and 7113 tons to other destinations. Great Britain also provided a market for approximately 90 per cent. of the surplus cheese produced in the Commonwealth. The board states that the reputation of the butter shipped from the Commonwealth last year attained a high sandard. Notwithstanding the large increase in the shipments, there had been an absence of complaints about quality. This resulted in inducing retailers in the Midlands and XNorth of England to stock Australian butter. This was a step forward in areas in which Danish butter had previously dominated the market. This achievament was due in no small measure to the Government's advertising campaign, conducted by the Director of Australian Trade Publicity (Mr. A. E. Hyland). As a result of the Ottawa Conference, states the board, Australia will obtain preference of butter, cheese, eggs in shell, condensed milk and dried milk. These preferences should assist in securing a still larger share of the British market for Empire dairy produce. Satisfactory arrangements had been made by the board in regard to freight rates and insurance on butter and cheese shipped to the United Kingdom.