§ Mr. Brewisasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will make a further statement about the discussions 500W which he has been conducting with Eastern European countries with regard to the dumping by them of chipboard supplies into this country with damaging effect to the British chipboard industry and the essential services it performs for British forestry;
(2) whether he has now completed his investigation into the prices of chipboard into this country; and whether he intends to introduce an anti-dumping order.
§ Mr. CroslandAs regards discussions with Eastern European suppliers I cannot add to the Answer I gave to the hon. Member for Moray and Nairn (Mr. G. Campbell) on 23rd October. No application for an anti-dumping duty has been made. The industry know that if they have evidence that dumped imports are causing or threatening them with material injury, they can apply for anti-dumping action under the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act.—[Vol. 751, c. 396.]