§ 42. Mr. Lowasked the President of the Board of Trade in what year the value of artificial teeth imported from the United States into the U.K. amounted to 2½ million dollars, so as to justify the 1947 Token Imports.
§ Mr. H. WilsonThe value of import licences for artificial teeth from the United States under the Token Import Scheme in 1947 amounted to £52,000, which represents less than 20 per cent. of the average imports from the United States of America for the years 1936, 1937 and 1938.
§ Mr. LowDoes the right hon. Gentleman mean by that that the whole excess of over £52,000 was wholly re-exported or was it used in some other way?
§ Mr. WilsonIt was entirely re-exports, and the figure of imports for this country is less than 20 per cent.
§ Air-Commodore HarveyIs the Minister aware that there is a flourishing artificial teeth trade in Cyprus, and will he support the British industry in preference to the American?