HC Deb 10 July 1968 vol 768 cc63-4W
45 and 46. Mr. Moyle

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what estimate he has made of the value of potential textile machinery exports from Great Britain to the United States of America for the last full year for which the figures are available, which were excluded from the United States market by virtue of the existing United States tariff on textile machinery;

(2) what estimate he has made of the value of potential machine tool exports from Great Britain to the United States of America for the last full year for which figures are available, which were excluded from the United States market by virtue of the existing United States tariff on machine tools.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

As my hon. Friend was informed on 29th May, no reliable estimate can be made of the effect of the tariff on our exports. The tariff is by no means the only factor affecting sales of goods in the U.S.A. The American tariff on machine tools and textile machinery is being substantially reduced in consequence of the Kennedy Round. [Vol. 765, c. 213.]