HC Deb 15 November 1938 vol 341 cc707-8W
Mr. Sutcliffe

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, as regards the various trade agreements which have been negotiated since 1931, he can state the names and nature of those agreements which have made specific provision for the increase of British textile imports?

LIST OF TRADE AGREEMENTS, ETC., CONCLUDED SINCE 1931, WHICH CONTAIN SPECIFIC CONCESSIONS AND/OR OTHER SAFEGUARDS FOR UNITED KINGDOM TEXTILE EXPORTS.
(Omitting Agreements no longer in force.)
I.—Trade Agreements with Empire Countries.
Cmd. No. Country. Date of coming into force.
4174 … … … Australia … … 2Oth August, 1932.
4174 … … … South Africa … … 20th August, 1932.
4174 … … … Newfoundland … … 20th August, 1932.
4174 … … … Southern Rhodesia … … 20th August, 1932.
4174 … … … India … … 20th August, 1932.
4174 … … … New Zealand … … 20th August, 1932.
5382 … … … Canada … … 1st September, 1937
5728 … … … Eire … … 19th May, 1938.
II.—Agreements, etc., concluded with Foreign Countries.
Cmd. No. Country. Date of coming into force. Nature of Agreement.
5324 … Argentina … 20th November, 1936 Trade and Payments Agreement.
4424 … Denmark* … 20th June, 1933 Trade Agreement
5400 … 20th June1936
4500 … Norway … 7th July, 1933 Trade Agreement.
4421 … Sweden … 7th July, 1933 Trade Agreement
4331 … Iceland … 28th June, 1933 Trade Agreement
4472 … Finland … 23rd November, 1933 Trade Agreement.
4680 … Lithuania … 12th August, 1934 Trade Agreement.
4736 … Estonia … 8th September, 1934 Trade Agreement.
4753 … Latvia … 12th October, 1934 Trade Agreement.
4963 … Germany† … 1st November 1934 Payments Agreements.
5787 … 1st July, 1938
4984 … Poland … 14th March, 1935 Trade Agreement.
5274 … Turkey … 17th September, 1936 Trade and Clearing Agreement.
5756 … Turkey … 1st July, 1938 Trade and Clearing (Supplementary; Agreement,
5343 … Uruguay … 3rd February, 1936 Trade and Payments Agreement.
5288 … Peru … On ratification‡ Trade Agreement.
5694 … Italy … 28th March, 1938 Trade Agreement.
5867 … Cuba … 10th September, 1938 Trade Agreement.
5823 … French Morocco … On ratification Commercial Treaty.
* The Agreement of 1936 maintains in force the Agreement of 1933 subject to certain modifications.
† The Agreement of 1938 modifies the Agreement of 1934.
‡ Articles 4 and 5 are in force provisionally as from 9th October, 1936, subject to three months notice of termination.

Mr. Stanley

Tariff preferences and other duty concessions have been secured for textile goods in the agreements concluded with the Dominions and India at the Ottawa Conference and subsequently, and concessions or other safeguards relating to tariffs, quotas, purchase arrangements or exchange facilities have been secured specifically for textiles in trade or payments agreement with some 17 foreign countries.