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Board of Trade: Tariff Division: Files

Catalogue reference: BT 205

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BT 205

Files of the Tariff Division relating to various international agreements. The files concern the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, negotiations over the creation of the European Free Trade Area, preference agreements with Commonwealth...

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BT 205

Title
Board of Trade: Tariff Division: Files
Date

1936-1972

Description

Files of the Tariff Division relating to various international agreements.

The files concern the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, negotiations over the creation of the European Free Trade Area, preference agreements with Commonwealth countries, and the administration of anti-dumping legislation. Apart from general policy on tariffs and duties, the series also contains material on steps taken to protect British agriculture and the jute and dyestuffs industries.

The Tariff Division's files include a proportion of papers mainly dating from 1950, inherited from its predecessors.

When the name of the Division was changed to the Tariff and Import Policy Division started a new registered file cycle with the prefix 'TIP' some of which are in this series but most are in BT 303

Related material

Records of the Import Duties Advisory Committee (IDAC), established by the Ottawa Agreements Act, are in BT 10

For further records dealing with relations with the European Coal and Steel Community see BE 1

Records relating to duty and import controls: PJ 2

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Tariff and Import Policy Division, 1960-1963
  • Board of Trade, Tariff Division, 1955-1960
Physical description

422 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Taxation
Trade and commerce
Treaties and alliances
Farming
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3243/

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