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The P-NG Copra Marketing i’s February report, issued h 3, says there is talk of Te rn in Western Europe and the and as a result copra buyers xercising more caution in com ng themselves ahead.

S report says it’s difficult to iredict how far this develop lent will go. cussing the edible oil seed et, the report says one of the serious problems at present is leavy increase in butter pro on in the UK, and to a lesser it in Europe, all at the expense argarine. e report adds that, unfor ;ely buyers consider that in the 12 months copra has moved one of the cheapest raw rials to one of the dearer, i it was cheap, more coconut as used in such things as mar e, but as soon as it becomes attractive “one realises the in angeability factor in soya, idnut, coconut and whale oils.” e report says the market con s quiet at present, but the I market prospects present “a mixed and puzzling picture”.