OUR BEST CUSTOMER.
HOW TO INCREASE DAIRY EXPORTS. "The United Kingdom is undoubtedly New Zealand's best customer," remarked Mr. J. Lambic, acting British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, when putting forward a strong plea for the utmost reciprocity in trade relations between Britain and the Dominion, during a speech at the A. and P. Association's smoke concert last week.
"There are two \vays__two factors to be considered—in developing the dairy industry," he said. "One is how are you going successfully to meet competition, and how are you to enlarge your market? There is only one method, in present circumstances, by which New Zealand can improve her trade. That is by raising and improving her standard of quality, which has made New Zealand worldfamous. That cannot be done without efforts, and unless this Dominion takes steps, by every means, to develop and increase her output she will be • outpaced." The speaker, however, expressed his appreciation of the very fine work thai the Agricultural Department and the Minister were dohig in that connection, and remarked that the scientific side of the dairy industry was being Avell sa^e-guarded. Mr. Lambie went on to say how the market could be developed. At the present time, he remarked, unemploy • ment at Homo was a very serious proPiem, there being, according to latest advices, nearly 1,300,000 unemployed in the United Kingdom. If they thought for a moment what that figure meant, and what effects it had on New Zealand they would realise it was a question of great impoitance to the Dominion. New Zealand's exports were not luxuries, although her high-quality products made them delicacies. In New Zealand, -.margarine -was practically unknown, but iu the United Kingdom the reverse was the case. Many people at Home, owing to unemployment, were eating margarine. Their spending power was reduced and they could not afford, in many cases, to buy butter.
Mr. Lambie said that it was in the interests of New Zea.land producers to do what they could to improve the position at Home, and thereby improve and develop the demand for New Zealand butter. How could they do that? Much could be clone by the people of New Zealand buying all the British goods they could. This would help materially to increase British trade and provide employment for many, and- the natural result would be a greater demand for the products New Zealand exported to the Home market.
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Shannon News, 23 June 1925, Page 3
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