INDUSTRY ALARMED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 7

INDUSTRY ALARMED.

Higher Egyptian Duties Hit Cotton Trade. DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. J I British Official Wireless. RUGBY, April 28. The Parliamentary Secretary for ! Overseas Trade. Mr. Robert Hudson, ' j received a deputation from the Man- j chester Chamber of Commerce regarding J (he recent increases in the Egyptian j Customs duties on cotton yarns and i cotton piece poods. j The deputation included representa- | I tives of the spinning, manufacturing, j finishing and exporting interests. it ' expressed the grave anxiety felt in Lancashire at the unexpected and severe increases in the Egyptian cotton duties and urged the Government to make urgent representations on the matter. Emphasis was laid on the feeling in Lancashire circles that the result of the tariff changes could only have the effect of still further reducing the volume of exports of British textiles to the Egyptian market. The deputation urged comparative advantages to Egypt, as well as to the Lancashire , trade, of the (piota system. Mr. Hudson expressed his complete sympathy with the case laid before him. The British Government, he said, was prepared to make further strong representations to tlie Egyptian Government.