§ 28. Mr. C. EDWARDSasked the Secretary for Mines what countries have taken protective measures to restrict the import of coal exported from this country, whether by the licensing system or by tariffs?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERRestrictions on the importation or consumption of foreign coal are in operation in France, Spain and Germany. In Spain there is also a high duty on imported coal of about 6s. a ton which is reduced by 40 per cent. in favour of 750,000 tons per annum of British coal. In Brazil there is a duty of about 7s. 4d. a ton, but most British coal is, in fact, admitted free as being for Government purposes. In other countries which are important markets for British coal there are, for the most part, no import duties or only low ones.