THE WORLD’S MEAT.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1921, Page 8

THE WORLD’S MEAT.

NEW ZEALAND’S WONDERFUL POSITION, PROVIDED 70 PER CENT. OF MOT, ton AND L£MB in 1915, The United States Bureau of Crop Estimates has been diverging from the study of crops to say something about the world’s supply of meat. This is particularly Interesting to New Zealand, as the figures show the Urge nhato provided by this country. As far as mutton and lamb were concerned, Now ZeaI land was pre-eminent in 1915 as the world a supplier. Here is an extract from the article referred to:— “Argentine’s share of the world’s export meat trade, which for many years has been next below that of the United States, declined from 28 per cent, in 1913 to 25.2 per cent, in 1915, but rose 10 .28.5 per cent, in 1917, and rapidly to 34.3 per cent, in 1918. Beginning with 1911, that country has supplied more Than one-half of the world’s beef export, except in 1916 and 1917, when it was not convenient to do so. Argentina’s beef fraction for 1913 was 55.3, for 1916 it was 46.8, and for 1918 it was 51.6.

“Australia has long supplied about one-tenth to one-fifth of the world’s beef exports, but the war caused the fraction to fall below one-tenth, and by 1918 to 8.4 per cent.

“New Zealand supplied 44 per e.ent. of the world’s export mutton and lamb in IP’S, and increased the fraction to 70 per cent, in 1915, but there was a recession to the former 44 per cent, in 1918. Argentina has usually exceeded Australia as a source of mutton and lamb supply, and <1 id so‘during the war, in the last year of which it was providing 35 per cent, of the world's total, while Australia provided 19 per cent. ‘Tn the international pork supply the United States h.y left but little room for any other country. Indeed, Canada is the only country that has a share large enough to be seen. It was 3 per cent, of the world's total in 1913, and the fraction gained year by year to 13 per cent, in 1918. “The rise of Brazil, China, and British South Africa into some prominence as meat-exporting countries during the war is notable, especially Brazil. From a nominal export of 1,700.000 pounds of meat from Brazil in 1913 and 1914, the

■quantity jumped to 94,000,000 pounds 191’6. to 230,000,000 pounds in 1917, and to 251,000.000 pounds in 1919, of which 14G.OOO,OOt) pounds was beef, 46,000,000 pounds pork, and 59,000,000 pounds unidentified meat.

“China was exporting from 50.000,000 i o 65 • 00,000 pounds of beef and pork zrc-m 1912 to 1915. The quantity be-

c-’m? 101,000.000 pounds in 1917 and rose ■ )-> pounds in 1919. From Brit.sh South Africa meat exports, mostly • ’?cf. increased from about 590,000 pounds ar the time the war began to ! - pounds by 1916 and to 46,500,nds by 1919. “Not until 19G9 did beef exceed pork in tjie world’s exports. .From the year 1 efore the war began to 1918, th? last ear of the we r,'beef, as a fraction of uotu! ■ 'At exports for the world, grew from 42,7 to 46,1 per c?nt., pork grew frem 33.7 to 35.5 per cent,, and mutton lost in .heir favor, with a decline from 13.6 i-‘ :■'< per cent.”