Common Market
Sir, —We have heard a great deal about the loss of preferences for our exports to the United Kingdom if the latter joins the European Economic Community. Perhaps some reader could enlighten me as to whether, if the E.E.C. agrees to take our primary products, New Zealand will allow their goods to be imported at the same rate of duty as the British Commonwealth tariff. Surely if the E.E.C. are prepared to make any concessions on New Zealand primary products they will expect to sell on the same terms as the United Kingdom. The effect of this may be that European goods may be in greater supply and at a cheaper price than the same goods from the United Kingdom. This would apply particularly to a wellknown brand of German car as the heavy rate of import duty at the present time precludes it from being one of the best sellers in the country. Whatever happens, it does appear that there will be a big change in the source of supply of imports into New Zealand. —Yours, etc., ENZED. May 20. 1962.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29829, 23 May 1962, Page 7
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