§ Mr. Pardoeasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the application submitted to him by the United Kingdom Farmers' Union and the Federation of the United Kingdom Milk Marketing Boards for antidumping or countervailing duties on cheese imports into the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. DellAs was stated in a Press Notice issued yesterday, the Board of Trade is investigating an application by the British producers for imposition of anti-dumping or countervailing duties on imports of certain types of cheese and cheese products from Australia, Canada, France, the Irish Republic and the Netherlands. The Board has accepted that aprima facie case has been made out, and if there is evidence of a signicant increase in dumped or subsidised imports or market prices seem likely to collapse, the Board will impose a provisional charge to duty immediately. The Governments of the exporting countries concerned have been informed accordingly.