HC Deb 20 November 1992 vol 214 cc436-7W
Dame Peggy Fenner

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will promote discussions among clothing manufacturers about the possible advantages of extra import quotas under the outward-processed system from averaging the prices of home-produced and outward-processed clothing to make their United Kingdom production more price-competitive.

Mr. Needham

It is for the relevant trade associations to promote discussion among clothing manufacturers on the economic merits of outward processing trade. However, my Department has gone to great lengths to explain to individual manufacturers the procedures and rules governing this scheme and the benefits which can accrue to companies from its application.

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