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Pocket Transistor Radios (Imports From Japan)

Volume 651: debated on Thursday 14 December 1961

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48.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that pocket transistor radios imported from Japan are being sold in this country at approximately £4 less than the standard price for the same article produced in the United Kingdom; and what action he proposes to take to protect the home industry.

The home industry is protected by a duty of 20 per cent. and by a quota limitation on imports from Japan.