§ Mr. Tom Boardmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days of grace between shipment and presentation of the export documents were allowed in each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. TaverneShipping bills for certain exported goods had to be lodged before shipment. Specifications for other exported goods should have been lodged within six days after exportation; but some of these specifications were lodged belatedly.
§ Mr. Tom Boardmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the date, in each of the last 12 months, up to which export documents received in the statistical office of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at Southend were included in the export figures for the preceding month.
§ Mr. TaverneThe monthly export statistics relate to documents received at the Customs Statistical Office until shortly before the end of that month. Documents 33W received subsequently are included in the figures for the following month. There has been no change in this practice at any stage in the past 12 months.