§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will give details of successful applications for trade restrictions under articles XII and XIX of the general agreement on tariffs and trade for each year since 1960, specifying the applicant country in each case.
§ Mr. ParkinsonInformation in the form requested could be compiled only at disproportionate cost. The GATT publications in the annual series "GATT Activities" contain reports on the use by individual GATT contracting 137W parties of their right under article XIX to introduce import restrictions, and on consultations within the GATT in respect of import restrictions introduced under article XII. These publications are available in the House of Commons Library.
European Community Trade in 1979 Exports Imports $ billion Per cent. $ billion Per cent. Belgium/Luxembourg 56.1 10 60.2 10 Denmark 14.3 2½ 18.4 3 France 98.0 17 106.7 18 Federal Republic of Germany 171.4 30 157.7 26 Greece 3.9 ½ 9.6 1½ Irish Republic 7.2 1 9.9 1½ Italy 73.2 13 76.5 13 Netherlands 63.4 11 66.9 11 United Kingdom 90.5 16 102.5 17 Total EC(10) 578.0 100 608.4 100