Captain BALFOURasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a list of dutiable articles entering the Dominions upon which a preference in favour of this country is granted; and the percentages of such preferences?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMInasmuch as certain of the Dominions accord preference through practically the entire range of their lengthy Customs tariffs, a list of the kind asked for would take up a very large amount of space and, in view of the fact that the tariffs in question are at all times available for consultation at the Department of Overseas Trade, I do not feel able to comply with the request. It has been estimated that the averagead valorem incidence of the 248W preferential rebates granted by the Dominions specified below is roughly as follows:
the dates relating to the period covered by the most recent estimate in each case.
Per cent. Commonwealth of Australia (1928–9) 13.8 Dominion of New Zealand (1928) 18.6 Union of South Africa (1928) 4.3 Dominion of Canada (1925) 10.7