§ Mr. HEPWORTHasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department is engaged in collecting statistics in this country to show that the cost of sale of foreign goods dumped here is less than the cost of the production in the country of their manufacture; if not, whether he can state which Department does undertake this work; and whether it is carried on on a systematic basis?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAExperience gained in the administration of Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Act showed the great difficulty of obtaining reliable information in regard to foreign costs of production even though those costs were denned by reference to selling price in the country of manufacture. It-is, of course, open to an industry to supply any available information of this kind in the course of representations which they may submit to the Import Duties Advisory Committee.