Anti-Dumping Duties

HC Deb 05 February 1963 vol 671 c35W

71. Mr. Holt

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a list of the commodities which have been given

PARTICULARS OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES IMPOSED UNDER THE CUSTOMS DUTIES (DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES) ACT, 1957
Commodity	Country of origin	Anti-dumping duty	Date of Order Imposing Duty	Date of revocation of Order	Protective Duty(*)
Polymethylsiloxane Fluids.	France (§)	4/-per lb.	7th Jan., 1958	2nd June, 1959	10%
Pearled Barley	Federal Republic of Germany	12/-per cwt.	28th May, 1959	Still in force	20%
Sodium Chlorate	Soviet Zone of Germany	£19 per ton	9th June, 1960	still in force	10%
Butter	Republic of Ireland	£10 5s. 0d. per cwt.	29th Nov., 1961	28th Feb., 1962	Free
Ammonium Sulphate	Soviet Zone of Germany	£3 per ton	3rd Mar., 1962	Still in force	£4 per ton(†)
Lithium Carbonate	Canada	1/-per lb.	30th Nov., 1962	Still in force	Free
Phthalic Anhydride	Austria	£8 8s. 6d. per ton	8th Dec., 1962	Still in force	16⅔ %(‡)
	Federal Republic of Germany	£9 18s. 0d. per ton	8th Dec., 1962	Still in force	33⅓%
	Poland	£100s.0d. per ton	8th Dec., 1962	Still in force	33⅓%
	France	£15 0s.0d. per ton	23rd Jan., 1963	Still in force	33⅓ %
	Switzerland (§)	£8 10s. 0d. per ton	23rd Jan., 1963	Still in force	16⅔ %(‡)
(*) Relates to imports from the country on which anti-dumping duty imposed.
(†) Reduced to £3 4s. per ton w.e.f. 31st October, 1962.
(‡)Provided imports satisfy EFTA origin criteria—otherwise 33⅓%.
(§) The order related to a named producer.

72. Mr. Holt

asked the President of the Board of Trade how long he expects the Anti-Dumping Duty Order 1962, No. 2631, imposed on phthalic anhydride originating in Austria, West Germany and Poland to remain in force.

Mr. Green

So long as the circumstances which led to the decision to make this Order remain unaltered.