§ Colonel BURTONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is 506W aware that German flour is being sold in Great Britain at about 10s. 6d. per sack of 280 lb., while the price in Germany at which the similar sack is being sold is the equivalent of about 58s.; whether he can state the cause of this difference in price; and what steps he has taken, or proposes to take, to deal with this dumping?
§ Dr. BURGINOn a recent date German flour was quoted in this country at a price which, with the quota payment, amounted to 18s. 6d. to 20s. per sack of 280 lb., the equivalents of the prices quoted on the same date in Germany being between 54s. and 57s. The circumstances in which the internal price in Germany so largely exceeds the price in a relatively free market can hardly be explained fully in an answer to a Parliamentary question. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the answer which was given to a question asked by the hon. Member for South Croydon (Mr. H. Williams) on 27th March last, to which I have nothing to add.