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New. Allocation Figure
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IN order to give the motor manufac turers a greater incentive to export vehicles, I have agreed with the industry that the home quota should no longer be a fixed figure, but should be calculated as a proportion of output. The industry have undertaken to endeavour to export not less than 80 per cent. of their output of passenger cars,. 70 per cent, of light commercial vehicles and 50 per cent. of heavy commercial vehicles. Allocations of steel to the industry will, in future, be more closely related to export performance."
The Minister of Supply gave this information to Mr. Robert Jenkins in a written answer on Monday. Assuming that the present rate of production continued, 77,000 commercial vehicles should reach the home market every year, he said. .
EXPORT OUTLOOK HOPEFUL— MR. GRESHAM COOKE " DESPITE the restrictions imposed on exports to Australia and New Zealand, the figures for commercial vehicle exports are going up, and demand is steady," said Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders,
• in London on Tuesday. Discussing the output and export figures for May, Mr. Cooke declared that the industry would be able to meet the new export scales related to output, demanded by the Government.
The figures for May revealed that British manufacturers were finding alternative markets for vehicles which might otherwise have been destined for Australia and New Zealand. . Last month, over 1,000 commercial vehicles were dispatched to Finland, 800 went to Denmark, 800 to Brazil, 500 to Malaya, and the figures for East and West Africa, Canada, Belgium and India were promising.
Britain remained the largest exporter of vehicles in the world, said Mr. Cooke. Our exports were continuing at a .high level, and the trend was upward.
CAN B.T.C. BID FOR VEHICLES?
IN the house of Commons, on
Monday, Mr: Beswick asked the Minister of Transport to whom the proceedings of the sale of nationalized. road haulage undertakings would be credited. The Minister replied that the property was that of the British Transport Commission, to whom the proceedings of the sale would, therefore, accrue.
Mr. Beswick then asked the Minister to confirm ,statements that the B.T.C. would be able to bid for vehicles put up for sale. Would an undertaking be given that there would be no restriction placed upon the number of types • of vehicle for which they should be able to bid.
The Minister asked Mr. Beswick • to await the forthcoming debate.
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