§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister for Trade if he will publish a table showing the levies or deposits which now require to be paid on steel exports to the United States of America from each of the member States of the Common Market.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 21 June 1982, c. 3]: The United States Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determination of subsidy in the steel countervailing cases against seven European Community countries, including the United Kingdom on 11 June. The level of provisional duty assessed for BSC is 40.362 per cent., with small figures for two United Kingdom private sector producers. This figure is the level of the bond which must be posted for the entry of the merchandise concerned into the United States and is equal 64W to the estimated amount of net subsidy. If at the end of the investigations no definitive duties are levied, the bond is released.
I shall arrange for a table showing the full Lange of findings on the various products and countries involved to be placed in the Library.