HC Deb 29 May 1962 vol 660 c112W
37. Mr. Wolrige-Gordon

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there is any form of agreement between Swaziland and the Union of South Africa which could restrict the possibilities open to British trade in Swaziland.

Mr. Maudling

Swaziland, like Basutoland and the Bechuanaland Protectorate, has since 1910 been in a Customs Union with South Africa, which provides that products and manufactures shall be freely interchangeable between the parties, and that the customs tariff for goods imported into the territories from elsewhere shall he similar to that of the Republic.

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