Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

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Identifikator:: 1800540760

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-185131

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: vi, 65 Seiten; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter IV. From overseas pastures to british ports

Collection:: Economics Books

rn 20 so that working expenses are spread over a maximum turn- over, It is obvious, for example, that though a profit of 1d. per 1b. may be made on one transaction, subsequent events may load it with such a heavy proportion of the working expenses of the season as a whole as to turn it into a heavy loss. (ii) The South American Trade.—The organisation of the South American trade differs from that of the Dominions in that it is linked with a complete distributive system in this country. Few of the companies engaged in the meat business in Australia or New Zealand have any market stalls or dep6ts here; whilst, on the other hand, it is the exceptional South American company which is not in that position. As a result, the South American companies are able to sell directly to the retailer and are therefore, to a considerable measure, independent of any intervening middleman agency. Buying in South America is done on lines similar to those followed in Australia and New Zealand. Each works has its buyers who visit sales-yards and farms, but there is the important difference that, in South America, practically all the works are kept supplied with cattle and sheep whatever the orice; in the Dominions, some works may not be opened at all, or may be closed before the season is over if the price demanded for stock does not show a satisfactory margin when compared with the prices being realised for meat in Great Britain. This uncertainty of output is not present in the South American business, and, if it were, it would be exceedingly difficult to keep up the distributive organisation here, for if, for a few weeks of the year, the stalls and depots in this country had no supplies, the overhead selling costs would be prohibitive. At various times, Australian and New Zealand interests have expressed a desire to develop the ownership of stalls, depots and shops in this country, but it would appear that the problem of continuity of supplies will first have to be solved in their case before they can economically embark on this policy on a scale comparable with that of the South American companies. The South American meat trader knows approximately the absorbing power of his various branches in this country and the class of goods which each can take, so that, subject to the limitations which are noted below, he can instruct his works regarding the quantities they should ship each week. He has, as it were, a guaranteed outlet. Moreover, as the works are operating over the whole year, there is a clock-work regularity which is absent in the Dominion trade. In addition, there is agreement among the companies as to shipping space for chilled beef, and a conference of importing companies sits in London,* week by week, to allocate the freight from South America among the various companies represented. This is arranged on an * This conference breaks down from time to time as, for example. in 1911. 1913 and at the present time (August. 1925).

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