§ 33. Sir ALFRED BEITasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the countries with which the British Government has concluded commercial treaties embodying the most-favoured-nation clause?
§ Major COLVILLEI am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the countries with which treaties and similar arrangements are in force providing for most-favoured-nation treatment in regard to customs duties.
§ Following is the list:
§ COUNTRIES in which United Kingdom Goods are entitled to most favoured nation treatment by virtue of a Commercial Treaty or other similar arrangement.
§ Country and Instrument and Date of Signature.
- Abyssinia—Treaty, 14th May, 1897.
- Albania—Notes, 10th June, 1925.
- Argentina—Treaty, 2nd February, 1825.
- Austria—Treaty, 22nd May, 1924.
- Belgium—Notes, 27th July, 1898.
- Bolivia—Treaty, 1st August, 1911.
- Brazil—Notes, 11th September, 1931.
- Bulgaria—Notes, 12th November, 1925.
- Chile—Notes, 15th October, 1931.
- China—Treaty, 20th December, 1928.
- Colombia—Treaty, 16th February, 1866.
§ Country and Instrument and Date of Signature.
- Czechoslovakia—Treaty, 14th July, 1923.
- Denmark—Treaty, 13th February, 1060–1; 11th July, 1670.
- Egypt—Notes, 5th-7th June, 1930.*
- Estonia—Treaty, 18th January, 1926.
- Finland—Treaty, 14th December, 1923.
- Germany—Treaty, 2nd December, 1924.
- Greece—Treaty, 16th July, 1926.
- Guatemala—Treaty, 22nd February, 1928.
- Hayti—Notes, 25th February, 1928.
- Hungary—Treaty, 23rd July, 1926.
- Italy—Treaty, 15th June, 1883.
- Japan—Treaty, 3rd April, 1911.
- Latvia—Treaty, 22nd June, 1923.
- Liberia—Treaty, 21st November, 1848.
- Lithuania—Notes, 6th May, 1922.
- Morocco—Convention, 9th December, 1856.
- Muscat—Treaty, 19th May, 1891.
- Netherlands—Treaty, 27th October, 1837.
- Nicaragua—Treaty, 28th July, 1905.
- Norway—Convention, 18th March, 1826.
- Panama—Treaty, 25th September, 1928.
- Persia—Treaty, 10th May, 1928 (provisionally in force).
- Poland—Treaty, 26th November, 1923.
- Portugal—Treaty, 12th August, 1914.
- Rumania—Treaty, 6th August, 1930.
- Salvador—Notes, 8th August, 1931 (provisionally in force as from 15th September).
- Siam—Treaty, 14th July, 1925.
- Spain—Convention, 5th April, 1927.
- Sweden—Convention, 18th March, 1826.
- Switzerland—Treaty, 6th September, 1855.
- Turkey—Treaty, 1st March, 1930.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—Temporary Agreement, 16th April, 1930.
- United States—Convention, 3rd July, 1815.
- Venezuela—Treaty, 18th April, 1825.
- Yugoslavaia—Treaty, 12th May, 1927.
§ *Prolonged, by virtue of Notes, dated 14th–22nd February, 1931, until 16th February, 1932.