BRITISH EXPORT TRADE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 122, 17 February 1919, Page 8

BRITISH EXPORT TRADE

?i; ; .;-*A. cablegram has been received, by His p-Jlajesty's Commissioner from the Board j/.J.of Trade,.-'London-,''emphasising, the iiriI.' portance of stimulating British -export !•'-'trade : at'-the present'time, and stating' I'.i'.that the?following goods have'been placr •ed.on.the free., list;..,and'now require no I: "export"'license:—' '.. lV ■.■ -Artists'., material',';'athletic goods,;. bi- |- 'cycles, but hot tyres,, bicycle accessories, r buttons (except military; horn, and-vege-Itabjo ivory), cigar and cigarettes-holders, I. china aml-earthemvnre,:chinaclay,-ck>eks, J .cutlery, - drugs (varidus),'fancy goods (of j paper, ivory, leather, etc.), films subject j ; -4o censorship, flower seeds, fountain pens, furs (dressed, dyed, or manufactured), glassware, builders' hardware (of iron or steel), ;inkr'j'ewellery- (imitation or. pearl), '■laces, ?' laundry '■' machinery, ~ ledgers, .', marble, mineral waters (unsweetened), 'musical instruments, ojflcoiiiriiitnre, pic- !' tures and paintings,, phonographs, photoj 'graphic materials- (not chemical), razors ;• (safety : ami blades), silk ribbons,, specj tacles, sewing machines,' wallpaper. ! Tho following-are some of the princij pal commodities for which licenses are r'still, required:— •Abrasives, agricultural machinery, cement, chemicals (various), coal and coke, ; oils, pipes (cast-iron), packing cases, ! railway material, resins, coal-tnr proInducts,'copper (wrought and uuwrought, i including wires' and alloys), dyes', foodI stuffs,-' food for live stock, glue, iron ! (angle.% bare,-billets, and construction ;• material'), motor spirit, metals (various), j: shipbuilding material, steel (angles, in- ;. gots, plates, and similar raw material), /'."textile, machinery, textile yarns, fibres j and waste, tinplnte, war material, wire, !■ wirerope, wood and timber. i - j Prohibition'of-exportation of raw inn- ! t'eriajs, does not extend to goods nianu- ' factored from such materials.