The Biter Has Been Bit
p. 143 · Read in the full issue
New Zealand of all countries cannot afford to permit a charge of Gutter dumping to stand, editorialised a NZ newspaper in June.
And they can say that again.
New Zealand has been complaining bitterly about the loss of her JK butter markets to Scandinavian and other countries—then suddenly finds herself in the dock, on a similar charge.
The Rewa Co-Operative Dairy Co. Ltd., on behalf of the Fiji lairy industry, are the accusers. The Fiji Government has been isked to licence imports of butter and ghee. Fiji once had a small mtter export—but for a long time was not able to cope with tome demand. Enthusiastic exporters in Australia and NZ then ushed in to fill the vacuum.
New Zealand complains that whatever else she has been doing nth butter, she hasn’t been dumping, because that implies selling or less than home price.
Fiji, who is anxious to keep up banana exports to NZ, might .ave used butter as a bargaining point. Figures show that Fiji, last ear, still sold almost £i million of goods more to NZ than it bought; ihile Australia sold millions more to Fiji than it bought.
Looking into our crystal ball we would like to predict that there nil be interesting doings in Pacific trade in the coming year with og important on the diet-chart of other dogs.