§ Mr. Trippierasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will place in the Library the full text of Her Majesty's Government's agreement with the People's Republic of China on footwear quotas;
(2) if he will give details of imports of footwear from Poland and the Comecon trading bloc over the last five years.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Trippierasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will give details of imports of footwear from the People's Republic of China over the last five years.
§ Mr. Peter ReesDetails of imports from China under division 85—Footwear—are given in table II—currently on page 28—of theOverseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, copies of which are in the Library.
§ Mr. Trippierasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will place in the Library a full copy of Her Majesty's Government's arrangements with the Government of Poland and the Governments of the Comecon countries on footwear quotas from Poland and the Comecon trading bloc
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe European Commission negotiates annually voluntary restraint arrangements for exports of leather footwear by Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania. I have placed details of the restraint levels during 1981 in the Library of each House. The same levels will apply to Czechoslovakia and Romania in 1982; the Commission's negotiations with Poland have not been completed.
464WDetails of the Community's 1981 restrictions on imports of non-leather footwear are published under tariff headings 64.01 and 64.02 in the issues of the Community's Official Journal L376 of 31 December and L115 of 27 April 1981; copies of these are in the Library. Quotas for 1982 have not yet been published.