HC Deb 22 June 1948 vol 452 cc1131-2
57. Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that American visitors to this country are required to pay in dollars Customs duties exceeding £5 on goods in transit to the Continent, that refunds of such duty are made in sterling notes and that the visitors concerned are then informed the sterling notes so received in excess of £5 cannot be taken from this country, with the result that confiscation of the money involved is liable to ensue; and if he will take steps to alter this practice.

Sir S. Cripps

Goods in transit can be removed under bond without deposit of duty. Alternatively, duty can be deposited in dollars or by traveller's cheque and repayment made by official cheque convertible to dollars through the payee's bank. These arrangements have been widely advertised.

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