§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has obtained from the European Commission or from member States of the European Economic Community an assessment of the broad percentage of their imports from the Argentine which is covered by continuing contracts and thereby excluded from the ban on imports under the European Economic Community agreement on sanctions.
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§ Mr. HurdWe have not obtained any such assessment. It would be difficult in free market economies to obtain this information.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will obtain from the European Economic Community an estimate of the effect on the volume of Argentine exports to the European Economic Community since the policy of sanctions on imports, excepting goods in transit and continuing contracts, was agreed by the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. HurdWe have no plans to seek such an estimate. The information on which a meaningful estimate would be based would in any case not be available for some time.