GERMAN TRADE.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1921, Page 5

GERMAN TRADE.

SIGNS OF RECOVEKY Germany’s efforts to recover her overseas trade are naturally nieeting with greater success in South America than elsewhere. The correspondent at Buenos Aires of the London and River Plate Bank says German shipments to the Plate show a steady increase month by month. For September the arrivals amounted to six direct cargoes from Hamburg, and one boat from Rotterdam. This latter shipment consisted entirely of steel, iron, and hardware, all consigned to a single firm. The well-known German “Benz” motor-cars are als<x.once more to be seen in this market, and metallic filament lamps are being shipped hither for the first time since 1914 Oil presses, telegraph wire, largo quantities of zinc, chemicals, and machinery also figure in recent manifests, the latter including both sugar plant and agricultural implements. In this market German importers are adopting a new policy. Instead of tacitly saying nothing or as little as possible, concerning the country of origin, they now u<e the “Made in Germany" theme as the basis of their advertising, especially lor cutlery, machinery, and steel goods generally.