"The curtailment of production for the home trade though necessary itself creates a dimeult problem for manufactures, for while the supply of raw materials will be available for manufacture of export requirements, scame manufacturers find that thi volume of such business atone is i sufficient to enable them to maint pproduetion on an ceoncmie basis.
"To assist manufacturers in the United Kingdom, credit. insurance facilities have been greatly extended fo enable manufacturers to. produce goods for overseas buyers of reasonable standing with the assurance that should. anything happen to. prevent the sale' being completed or should the purchaser. fail to pay. for the goods, the sellers are" guaranteed Against total loss, For imports into Great Britain in time, It is rather a. diferent fare "considered essential or the. inv port of which is considered desirable, imports into "Great Britain are severely restricted, permits prior importation being' required In all eases.
The reasons for this are obvious, Imports have to be paid for thus using foreign exchange. which needed for essentials, while shipping space being reduced ly required for the essential foodstuff, raw materials supplies. How can we in China ald the: Government?
"individually. we can do much by buying British goods,. but Tam speaking more especially of com: merce and here T think it should be possible and. notwithstanding the Many local impediments to trade, for British trade to be increased, were a determined effort made to capture the trade which was formerly the preserve of countries with which we fare now at war. Much has already been done but there are still opportunities for replacing enemy products with British goods.
"We may rest assured that every assistance will be given to the British manufacturers by the Export Council, and we may also have confidence that the manufacturer in the United Kingdom is fully alive to the necessity of increasing the export trade,"
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