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Copra Producers

Fiji copra producers who have shown some hostility to copra •ading, local and international, had something to say on the subject i Mr. I. A. C. Faure, principal buyer for Unilever who visited Suva te March.

J. FAURE said that the estab lishment of an international system of grading should urage Fiji producers to ship ir copra, particularly if the >us grades were loaded and un jd separately. \ was commenting on a sug on that quality was not im int, as copra of all grades was ed in bulk in ships’ holds and d together. was true, he said, that South Ic copra, good and bad, had taken out of ships’ holds and d together. But that was be ; the buyers had no control shipping arrangements, said that the International crushers’ Union hoped that the lardised grading system would icepted all over the world, ira would be shipped then in various grades by using tar ns or by partial bagging. The

buyers would have to keep the copra of the various shippers separate so they would know whom to claim from, if inferior copra was received. • He said that improved standards from the South Pacific were necessary. American Customs

authorities had recently refused, under the Food and Drugs Act, to allow low-quality, infested Philip pine copra to enter the United States.

If European countries ever de cided to do likewise, the position would be serious for South Pacific producers of poor copra.

Mr. Faure said that the best Fiji copra was quite good; but the worst was very bad. Millers wanted to avoid refining loss on the lower grades and were thus prepared to pay a premium for higher quality copra.

The creation of five grades of copra was aimed at; buyers would probably pay a standard price for Grade 3 with higher prices for

es 1 and 2, and lower for Grades d 5. has been suggested that the rence between the price for le 1 and Grade 5 be between 5 10 - and £Stg.6. > He was optimistic concerning [ future of copra provided it mined cheap in comparison h whale oil. As the taking of ales was limited by inter zonal agreement he did not nk that competition from ale oil could increase to any ent.