11—44

Comparative figures showing exports of main products during the three years ended June, 1939, 1948, and 1949, are given hereunder :

Table 16—Principal Exports

There were increases in the total quantities of all the main dairy products exported in the twelve months ended June, 1949, as compared with corresponding 1947-48 figures. Percentage increases were 0-1 per cent, for cheese, 16 per cent, for butter, and 42 per cent, for processed milk-products. There was a relatively small increase in the total quantity of meats exported, reductions in exports of beef and pork being more than offset by increased tonnages of mutton, lamb, and veal. A slight increase also took place over this period in the quantity of canned meat exported. The 1948-49 figure was more than double that for 1938-39. The volume of wool exports in 1948-49 showed an appreciable increase over the high level reached in 1947-48. The effects of high wool-prices are indicated by the fact that whereas the quantity of wool exported in the year ended June, 1949, was 43 per cent, above the corresponding figure for 1938-39, the 1948-49 value figure was 266 per cent, above the 1938-39 value.

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(Value : £N.Z. thousands) Quantity. "Value. Item. Unit of Quantity. 1939. 1948. 1949. 1 1939. 1948. 1949. 'Dairy products— (000) (000) (000) Butter Cwt. 2,462 2,541 2,949 15,813 31,492 35,122 Cheese ,, 1,605 1,665 1,667 5,727 12,254 11,277 Milk, dried ?? 150 292 410 237 1,314 1,787 Milk, condensed, &c. 99 52 161 235 99 594 877 Meats —- Frozen — Beef 99 1,032 1,260 1,100 1,837 4,005 3,198 Lamb 9 1 2,592 3,714 3,981 8,768 19,195 18,746 Mutton ? ? 1,029 1,427 1,429 1,813 3,859 3,801 Pork ? ? 514 217 193 1,686 1,248 1.086 Veal 140 157 163 265 521 395 Other 99 186 392 385 407 1,838 1,479 Canned 99 61 123 125 274 953 946 Meat extract ? ? ' 0-6 7 10 4 230 265 Sausage-casings 9? 39 50 48 673 2,116 1,972 Hides and skins — Sheep-skins without wool No. 14,018 15,396 14,045 1,045 5,011 3,675 Sheep-skins with wool ? ? 2,010 1,175 794 386 734 399 Cattle-hides 99 541 482 444 475 2,098 1,737 Calf-skins 99 1,083 848 819 239 1,195 828 Rabbit-skins 99 11,497 15,441 10,788 244 977 659 Other 9 9 11 188 152 Wool lb. 305,401 422,540 437,419 12,896 42,849 47,248 Agricultural products— Apples, fresh Cwt. 450 319 212 653 780 431 Peas Cental 162 560 457 144 1,195 968 Seeds, grass and clover Cwt. 46 158 168 241 1,360 1,681 Miscellaneous products— Tallow and other animal fats .. 99 586 584 548 476 3,115 2,869 Fish 99 45 60 69 164 437 480 Timber, sawn S./ft. 12,933 12,957 fcO 00 <1 E\3 155 286 625 Gold Oz. 171 90 45 1,506 941 402 Kauri-gum Cwt. 283 103 134 112 98 118 Other New Zealand produce 977 3,618 4,066 Totals, year ended 30th June 57,384 145,043 147,882