EXPORTS FROM BRITAIN
TRADE WITH ARGENTINA (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) LONDON, Thursday. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, Mr. W. P w .~ Smith stated in the House of Commons that tne value of British produce and manufactures bought by Argentina in the year ended September 30 amounted to £2 14s 2d a head of the population, compared with Australia. £8 12s 7d, and New Zealand. £l4 *’s Sd. Argentina had offered to halve the duties on artificial silk from Britain if Britain would declare that she did not propose to tax Argentine food products. Such a declaration was expressed in the Government’s policy, and it did not involve an3* formal agreement. The question of consulting the Dominions in that connection did not arise.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 833, 29 November 1929, Page 10
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125EXPORTS FROM BRITAIN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 833, 29 November 1929, Page 10
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