EXPORT TRADE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1939, Page 7

EXPORT TRADE

THE VIEWS OF BRITISH MANUFACTURERS — PRESENTED TO MINISTERS I BY DEPUTATION. DISCUSSION ARRANGED. (British Official Wireless.i RUGBY. December 11. The Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain. accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, and the President of the Board of Trade. Mr Oliver Stanley, received a deputation from the Federation of British industries and heard the federation'., views on improvements of the existing machinery relating to export trade. Mr Chamberlain, in reply to the deputation. said that he did not think the appointment of a separate Minister for economic question would be advantageous in the existing circumstances and it was agreed that Mr Stanley would communicate immediately with the federation in order to discuss the possibility of improving the existing machinery by appointing an advisory panel. The recent statement in the House of Commons by Mr Stanley, on the improvement of the British export position, is supported by figures made public by the Society of Motor Manufacturers, Between August 1 and November 30 sales of. British commercial vehicles abroad were 86 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of 1938. Exports to Australia were up by 39 per cent, and those to the West Indies by 45 per cent. Orders for one make of car from Holland increased by 61 per cent.