§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade which sections of the export of goods control orders cover "stealth" coatings and materials; and whether export of designs and expertise related to such coatings are also licensable exports.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor"Stealth" coatings and materials are controlled in entry ML17(c), fittings, coatings and treatments for signature suppression of group 1 and entries 1C001, materials specially designed for use as absorbers of electromagnetic waves, and 1C101, materials and devices for reduced observables of group 3 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994—EG(C)0.
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Jobs expected Company Country of origin Original assistance offered £000 Value at * 1995 prices New Safeguarded Year 1985 Tabuchi Electric (UK) Ltd. Japan 2,983 4,602.8 185 Superbadge Hong Kong 383 591.0 116 Komatsu Japan 1,200 1,851.6 262 Shulton (GB) Ltd. United States America 300 462.9 66 Software specially designed for such materials is controlled in entry 1D103 of group 3 of the EG(C)0. Technology, which covers documents detailing design and expertise, for such materials is controlled in entries PL5028, of group I and 1E001, 1E101 and 1E102 of group 3 of the EG(C)0.
In addition, entry PL5032—goods coated or treated for signature suppression specially designed for military use, other than those specified elsewhere in this group—of group 1 controls military goods with signal suppression coatings not controlled elsewhere in group 1.