This fact should not, it is stressed, deter buyers from endeavouring to purchase any particular commodity in the United Kingdom, If they would place firm orders, the United Kingdom exporter could immediately test the licence position and act accordingly, either proceeding with the order, armed with the licence, or notifying the buyer that the order could not be executed, The statement recalls that at a meeting of the Overseas Committee of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, held in London on December 6, 1939, the Secretary reported that export licences were being issued by the Export Licensing Department without delay.
"It the United Kingdom exporter has reason to believe," the statement adds, "that a licence is unreasonably withheld he can, as a number have done already, consult the Department f Overseas Trade with a view to the decision being modified or reversed. The Department is also charged with the duty of helping to amove any other difficulties encountered by the exporter arising from any of the other numerous forms of control."
British Commercial, Diplomatic and consular Officers outside the United Kingdom are, the statement concludes, always ready to investigate and, if necessary, report to the Department of Overseas Trade specific cases of difficulty experienced in obtaining United Kingdom supplies.—Reuter.
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