HC Deb 01 June 1981 vol 5 c232W
28. Mr. Hal Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will report the results so far of the monitoring by the European Economic Community of imports from Japan in the specified items of trade which included motor vehicles.

Mr. Parkinson

Following the declaration of 17 February by the Foreign Affairs Council on the Community's trade relations with Japan, retrospective surveillance of imports to the Community from Japan was introduced with effect from 1 March on cars, colour TVs and tubes, and certain machine tools. The Commission is intending to report to the Council in June the results of the first three months of this surveillance.