§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the high cost per tonne paid for waste paper imported from Finland in February 1978, he is satisfied that this was properly classified as waste and did not constitute finished paper which should have been subject to quota restrictions.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe cost per tonne of 5 tonnes of waste paper recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics as being imported from Finland in February 1978 appears to be high in relation to the market price for waste paper and the average costs per tonne of waste papers imported in the same month from other countries.
The classification of this material is being investigated by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as the investigation has been completed.