§ Mr. Brewisasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to state what action he proposes to take on the applications submitted to him for the imposition of an anti-dumping duty on imports of new potatoes from Greece.
§ Sir D. EcclesYes. Her Majesty's Government have decided that a case has been made out for action under the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act in respect of new potatoes imported from Greece. They have accordingly asked the Greek Government to undertake to limit their shipments of new potatoes this season to a
IMPORTS OF SLATE INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM — 1938 1951 1958 Tons £ Tons £ Tons £ Slate in blocks, ground or polished, but not further manufactured:— From Germany, Western — — 31 1,538 Portugal Not available 519 10,393 1,115 27,147 Italy 916 17,748 490 13,519 World total Not available 1,435 28,141 1,636 42,204 Slates for roofing:— From Irish Republic 1,805 7,955 212 4,261 2 97 Norway 12,488 46,994 — — — — Belgium 1,325 8,421 99 2,493 — — France 5,404 36,059 7,055 176,256 242 9,222 Portugal 3,399 14,193 4,051 42,997 1,741 20,238 Italy Not available 1,471 30,146 96 1,795 Other foreign countries 134 769 — — — — World total 24,555 114,391 12,888 256,153 2,081 31,352