HC Deb 25 March 1948 vol 448 cc355-6W
Mr. S. Shephard

asked the President of the Board of Trade which countries are at present closed to the imports of British hosiery.

Mr. H. Wilson

Imports of British hosiery (or of certain articles of hosiery as stated) are not at present permitted into the following countries:

  • Chile.
  • China (Hosiery of silk, of artificial silk, and of cotton).
  • Cyprus (Socks and stockings).
  • Ecuador (All hosiery except cotton goods).
  • Ethiopia (Hosiery of silk and artificial silk).
  • Iceland.
  • India (Socks or stockings of silk and art silk or artificial silk, cotton knitted apparel).
  • Kenya and Uganda (Women's and girl's fully fashioned woollen stockings and other knitted woollen garments).
  • Mexico.
  • New Zealand.
  • Nicaragua.
  • Pakistan (Hosiery wholly or mainly of silk or artificial silk).
  • Peru.
  • Turkey (Woollen, silk and artificial silk socks and stockings).

In certain other countries the effect of restrictions and quota regulations seriously limit the ability of the importer to obtain high class and luxury goods from the do these figures compare, in total, with the quantities exported, six monthly, during the period 1930–38, inclusive.

Mr. H. Wilson

I have been asked to reply. The following are the particulars:

United Kingdom. The import licensing position in these countries is always liable to change, and definite information as to the issue of an import licence can often only be obtained by the importer making an application to the licensing authorities. The position in regard to the importation of hosiery into the Argentine will depend upon the detailed application of the provisions of the Andes Agreement.