RUSSIAN BUTTER
No Quota Likely Crspdt. N.Z.PA .) LONDON, July 27. The British Government saw no possibility of allocating an import quota for butter from Russia during the current year; nor was there any likelihood that this would be possible next year, said Lord Rhodes, Secretary to the Board of Trade, in reply to a question in the House of Lords. He said that the Government’s decision was because of the world surplus of butter and the amount which Britain’s traditional suppliers would like to send was much more than Britain needed. Lord Erroll of Hale, who asked the question, said quotas ought to be changed from time to time, and in this instance because Russia had said she would buy more consumer goods from Britain if Britain took her butter. “The imbalance we have with the Russians at present Is something like £72 million, and the accent should be on selling to them rather than of us buying from them,” said Lord Rhodes. Lord Errol is a former president of the Board of Trade.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31123, 28 July 1966, Page 1
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174RUSSIAN BUTTER Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31123, 28 July 1966, Page 1
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