§ 66. Mr. Holtasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the number of applications made to him for protective duties under the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1957, and the number granted. together with a description of the goods affected, the size of each tariff and the length of time they had to run.
§ Mr. MaudlingForty-four formal applications have been received for anti-dumping or countervailing duties under the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1957.
Anti-dumping duties have been imposed in two cases. A duty of 4s. per 1b. was imposed on polymethylsiloxane fluids imported from a particular firm in France on 7th January, 1958, and revoked on 2nd June, 1959, after the dumping had ceased. A duty of 12s. 58W per cwt. was imposed on pearled barley imported from Western Germany on 28th May, 1959, and is still operative.