§ Captain Kerbyasked the President of the Board of Trade how many market research projects, administered by the British National Export Council to date, have been concerned with the Socialist States of Eastern Europe, and with the 199W Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in particular.
§ Captain Kerbyasked the President of the Board of Trade how many market research projects overseas have been accepted to date by the British National Export Council; in what sectors of industry; what were the subjects of research; and what grants were paid in each case.
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PART I B.N.E.C. Sponsoring Organisation Subject of Research Countries Visited Grant £ Seed Potato Marketing Board for Northern Ireland Seed potatoes Italy, Malta and Libya 292 Cordage Manufacturers' Export Group Ropes and twines China 710 British Chemical Plant Manufacturers' Association Chemical plant Finland 76 British Fashion Export Group Women's and Children's fashions Austria 50* Federation of Association of Materials Handling Manufacturers Mechanical engineering products Yugoslavia 509 British Friesian Cattle Society Bull semen Malta 35 Galloway Cattle Society Cattle for breeding Italy 101 British Friesian Cattle Society Cattle for breeding Portugal and Spain 76 British Landrace Pig Society Pedigree pigs Portugal and Spain 41* British Footwear Manufacturers' Federation Fashion footwear Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland 157 The Shipbuilding Conference Merchant vessels Japan, Hong Kong Philippines, Malaya 526 Livestock Export Council Pedigree sheep Sweden 57 The Shipbuilding Conference Ships, marine engines and repairs Portugal 85 British Leather Fashionwear Export Group Leather fashions U.S.A 338 Association of British Chemical Manufacturers Alginates and fertilizers Canada 531 British Footwear Manufacturers' Federation Fashion footwear Canada and U.S.A 413 Electronic Engineering Association Electronic equipment Spain 187 Ayrshire Cattle Society Pedigree cattle Spain 56* Livestock Export Council Pedigree cattle Hungary 45 Ayrshire Cattle Society Pedigree cattle Canada 250* Federation of Associations of Mining Equipment Manufacturers Coalmining equipment Spain 411 British Nuclear Forum Components for Nuclear Power plant Sweden 44 Shipbuilding Conference Ships Lebanon and Syria 69 Book Development Council Books Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Hong Kong 448 Shipbuilding Conference Ships over 100 tons Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Iraq 245 British leather Fashionwear Export Group Women's high grade fashionwear U.S.A 368* Federation of British Carpet Manufacturers Carpets U.S.A 1,210 Galloway Cattle Society Pedigree cattle Italy 60 British Footwear Fashion footwear Belgium and Holland 114
§ Mr. JayThirty-nine market research projects overseas have been assisted by grants paid through the British National Export Council. They are set out in the following list which is arranged in order of the dates on which the research was initiated. Grants have been paid under the same arrangements towards the cost of fifteen additional projects which are partly market research and partly inquiries into the feasibility of trade missions or other overseas trade promotions. These are set out in the second part of the list.
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B.N.E.C. Sponsoring Organisation Subject of Research Countries Visited Grant £ Manufacturers' Federation Paintmakers' Association Paint and allied products West Germany 810* Hereford Herd Book Society Pedigree cattle Spain 40* Shipbuilding Conference Ships and marine engines Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria 245 Livestock Export Council Pedigree sheep Portugal 58 Cotton Board Cotton and man-made fibres Sweden 110* British Overseas Engineering Services Bureau British consultancy services U.S.A. and Mexico 1,475* British Mechanical Engineering Federation Mechanical handling equipment Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland 3,750* United Kingdom Cutlery and Silverware Manufacturers' Association Cutlery, flatware and table holloware Japan 550* Federation of British Rubber and Allied Manufacturers High pressure rubber hose France, W. Germany, Italy Holland and Spain 5,150* Shipbuilding Conference Ships Greece 172 PART II London Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission New Zealand 66 Leicester and County Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission Norway 45 Scottish Council Reconnaissance for mission U.S.A 168 Scottish Council Reconnaissance for mission Switzerland 31 Dundee Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission Austria 43 Glasgow Junior Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for store promotion Sweden 55 Scottish Council Reconnaissance for store promotion France 165* Tyneside Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission Canada 197 London Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission Italy-France 54 Council of Scottish Chambers of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission Canada 132 Leicester and County Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission Malta, Greece 130* London Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission France-Luxembourg 54* Society of Independent Manufacturers Basic market research, miscellaneous light Engineering products and consumers goods, and reconnaissance for mission Russia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania, Yugoslavia 190* North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission Norway-Denmark, Sweden-Finland 87* Leicester Chamber of Commerce Reconnaissance for mission U.S.A 255* * Estimated; final cost not yet known.