§ 37. Mr. Errollasked the President of the Board of Trade why he has refused permission for grey cloth, bought from Japan with sterling and printed in England, to be re-exported to the Belgian Congo.
Mr. H. WilsonThe Belgian Congo is included in the limited list of markets in respect of which traders are allowed to import Japanese grey cloth for processing and subsequent re-export. The total amount of grey cloth which we can afford to import under these arrangements is, however, limited and quotas have been allocated to all the merchant converters who have applied. Imports of additional amounts of grey cloth for re-export to the 167W Belgian Congo are not at present being allowed since such imports might involve us in a loss of dollars.