10. Captain BENNasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made with the work of revising the Persian tariff; and is it proposed under it to give a preference of any kind to British subjects?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe Persian tariff of 1903 was revised by a Joint Commission appointed by the British and Persian Governments under the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 9th August, 1919, and the revised tariff has been in force since 2nd April, 1920. A complete English translation was published as a supplement to the Board of Trade Journal of 20th May last, a copy of which I am sending to my hon. and gallant Friend. The rates of the new tariff apply equally to imports from all countries enjoying most favoured nation treatment, and no preferential treatment is given to British subjects.