RETALIATION

Evening Star, Issue 21642, 10 February 1934, Page 13

RETALIATION

THE FRENCH QUOTAS BRITAIN TAKES ACTION (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, February 9. (Received February 10, at noon.) As announced by Mr Runciman in the House of Commons on January 29, the Government informed the French Government that unless the quotas for United Kingdom goods were fully restored it would be compelled to take retaliatory action by imposing additional duties on a range of French products. As the quotas have not been fully restored an order has now been made under section 12 of the Import Duties Act imposing a duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem over and above the existing duties upon certain classes of goods produced or manufactured in France, with effect from February 13. The order has been framed with the view to effecting a reduction of imports into the United Kingdom from France as near as may be equivalent to the reduction in United Kingdom exports to France resulting from the differential quota restrictions which are still maintained.

The classes of goods covered by the order include articles of apparel of all kinds, complete , or incomplete, and shaped materials for making into apparel ; boots, shoes, etc.; feather articles, flowers, and fruit, and articles incorporating them; skin goods manufactured wholly or partly of fur skin; and goods made wholly or partly of silk.