From The Pacific

New Zealand Buys From The Pacific

New Zealand is a ready market for Pacific Islands territories. Though itself situated in the Pacific, New Zealand has a temperate climate, and this has led to a two-way trade based mainly on foodstuffs peculiar to tropical and temperate conditions.

THOSE islands in the Pacific which are administered by New Zea land, do not satisfy New Zealand’s demand for tropical produce. As a result, a large trade in the produce of Fiji, Western Samoa, French Poly nesia and Tonga has grown.

New Zealand’s sugar comes mainly from Fiji, and though imports into New Zealand in 1960 amounted to only £NZ358,000, imports during the first nine months of 1961 were valued at £NZ415,000. Imports of bananas from Fiji in 1960 amounted to £NZ7O,OOO. Compared with total im ports from Fiji in 1960 of £NZ479,000, total imports during the first nine months of 1961 were

£Nzsob,Ooo.

Imports from Western Samoa in 1960 totalled £NZ576,000 of which the main items were copra (£NZ290,000), bananas (£NZ233,000) and cocoa-beans (£NZ42,000).

From French Polynesia, New Zealand imported in 1960 goods worth £NZ251,000. Of this figure rock phosphates accounted for

£NZ238,000, the remainder compris ing mainly vanilla beans and fresh fruit.

At £NZB3,OOO, New Zealand’s im ports from Tonga were £NZIB,OOO greater than the previous year.

Bananas (£NZ7O,OOO) formed the main item of trade.

A glimpse of Auckland city and waterfront —an increasingly popular haven for world cruising yachtsmen.—Whites Aviation Photo.