EXPORT ONION TRADE.
Further protection .of £2 per ton has been granted to Australian onion-growers, evidently with the intention of precluding imports of Japanese onions. When the duty, was £6 per ton fair quantities -of onions from Japan were landed in Sydney last season, and realised from £17 to- £18 a ton. The additional £2 a ton now imposed will make it almost impossible for merchants to import onions from Japan, as prices in Australia rarely exceed £20 a ton, even in a season of acute shortage. Australia also imports small quantities of onions from New Zealand, but this is only possible when market conditions are favourable, that is when a shortage in Australia has caused prices to advance to a high level simultaneously with a good crop and normal prices in New Zealand. The additional duty will not apply to New Zealand 'onions, owing to the operation of the reciprocal tariff agreement by which six months' notice has to be given before an increased duty ia imposed.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 151, 23 December 1929, Page 14
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168EXPORT ONION TRADE. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 151, 23 December 1929, Page 14
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