DECREASED COAL ORDERS
DISCRIMINATION IN EUROPE. BRITAIN PROPOSES ACTION. British Wireless. Rugby, April 12. Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, answered questions in the Houst of Commons with regard to restrictions on the importation of British coal into Germany, France and Belgium. The successive German quota restrictions were regarded as discriminatory against Britain. The French and Belgian quota restrictions applied to coal imported from all countries, but the methods of calculating the quotas were considered inequitable to Britain. In Italy the general landing duty of 2X lira per ton applied only to coal imported by sea, and accordingly it affected coal from Britain to a. greater extent than coal from other countries. Mr. Runciinan said where there was discrimination against Britain it could not ignore it and such steps as appeared to be necessary must be taken.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1932, Page 16
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