18. Mr. Shawcrossasked the President of the Board of Trade for what reason have exports of copper sulphate been curtailed; and what steps he will take to increase them to their former level.
§ Mr. H. WilsonExports of copper sulphate, which have been running during the first nine months of this year at an annual rate equivalent to approximately 90 per cent. by volume of prewar exports, have been limited by the import restrictions in force in some of our principal markets. My Department have taken, and will continue to take, all practical steps to press the Governments concerned to relax those restrictions so as to enable the United Kingdom product to compete on equal terms with those of other suppliers. In this connection I am glad to be able to announce that, at the recent92W meeting of the Anglo-French Economic Committee, the French Government agreed to issue import licences for a substantial quantity of copper sulphate from this country.