§ 27. Mr. Holtasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a list of the commodities in relation to which, following an application for anti-dumping duty under the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1957, he has achieved an agreement with the exporter complained about to raise the price, together with amount of increased price and the duration of the agreement.
§ The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. F. J. Erroll)With permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the eight products for which, following a decision by the Board of Trade that duties under the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1957, would be justified, the exporters 1473 concerned have preferred to enter into equivalent price arrangements. These arrangements for the most part have not
| PARTICULARS OF PRICE ARRANGEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY FOREIGN EXPORTERS IN LIEU OF THE IMPOSITION OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES | |||
| Commodity | Country of Origin | Particulars of price arrangements | Date of announcement |
| Pearled Barley | Netherlands | Export prices increased by 6s. per cwt. | 29th May, 1959 |
| Pentaerythritol | Canada | Export prices increased by 1d. per 1b. | 27th November, 1959 |
| Ammonium Sulphate. | Federal Republic of Germany. | Export prices increased by £2 10s. per ton | 29th April, 1960 |
| Belgium | Export prices increased by £2 10s. per ton | 29th April, 1960 | |
| Rice Starch | Federal Republic of Germany. | Export prices increased by £8 per ton by one German manufacturer, and £6 per ton by the other. | 16th September, 1960 |
| Corduroy | Spain | The Spanish industry undertook that future exports would not be made at dumped or subsidised prices. The amount of the resultant price increase varied with the quality of cloth. | 4th August, 1961 |
| Barley | Australia, France | Contracts for crop year 1st July, 1961–30th June, 1962, to be made at price not less than £20 per ton c.i.f. duty-paid. (At the same time the U.S.S.R. agreed that sales would be limited to 150,000 tons in crop year 1st July, 1961–30th June, 1962). | 3rd August, 1961 |
| Polyethylene | U.S.A. | Export prices increased by 3d. per 1b. | 18th May, 1962 |
| Italy | Export prices increased by 1d. per 1b. | 18th May, 1962 | |
| Styrene Monomer. | U.S.A. | Export prices increased by up to £11 per ton. | 5th October, 1962 |