HC Deb 19 March 1979 vol 964 cc459-60W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what action he is taking in the face of increased kraft liner

£million OTS basis
Country 1960 1965 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978
Soviet Union −4.0 −71.4 −108.1 −128.4 −277.8 −403.6 −265.1
German Democratic Republic +2.1 −3.8 +0.9 −6.7 −5.0 −15.3 −40.9
Poland −21.0 −23.1 −1.9 +4.9 +29.6 +37.3 +53.7
Czechoslovakia −2.3 −2.8 −3.2 −8.5 −10.3 −10.0 −12.3
Hungary +0.2 +0.9 +8.2 +11.1 +17.6 +19.1 +22.0
Romania +0.4 −1.5 +5.9 +13.5 −0.2 −0.5 +23.2
Bulgaria +0.6 −1.5 +2.8 +2.5 +4.5 +11.8 +11.5

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list in the Official Report for each of the following years: 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and 1978 (a) the percentage of exports in goods from Great Britain destined for Warsaw Pact countries, by volume and value, carried by British, Soviet, Polish

and test liner paper dumping by American paper manufacturers.

Mr. Meacher

Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2133/78, of 8 September 1978, imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on kraft liner paper and board originating in the United States of America. The anti-dumping duty imposed is the amount by which any export price to the EEC is below the fair market price established in the regulation. Therefore, no imports are entering below the established fair market price. If United Kingdom producers have fresh evidence on the basis of which they wish the current anti-dumping duty to be revised, they should approach my Department as soon as possible with details. Test liner paper is not currently imported from the United States, as far as we are aware.