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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Britain will remove most remaining import quota controls from the dollar area and Western Europe starting next Monday, November 9, allowing access to American suits, refrigerators, cars, and salmon, as announced by Board of Trade President Reginald Maudling. Exceptions: tobacco, pharmaceuticals, watches.
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LONDON, (AP) -- Britain is opening her markets next week to a wide range of American and West European goods not seen in this country since 1939.
Reginald, Maudling. president of the Board of Trade, announced that, from next Monday, most of Britain's remaining quota controls on imports from the dollar area and from Western Europe will be removed.
The scrapping of quotas means Britons will be able to buy American suits, refrigerators and cars if they can afford to pay for them.
But a few quota controls will stay on imports. Among these are tobacco, pharmaceuticals and watches.
Items from which control will be removed November 9 include fresh and frozen salmon.
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Britain
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November 9
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removal of most quota controls on imports from the dollar area and western europe; remaining controls on tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and watches.
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Britain is opening her markets next week to a wide range of American and West European goods not seen since 1939. Reginald Maudling, president of the Board of Trade, announced that from next Monday, most of Britain's remaining quota controls on imports from the dollar area and from Western Europe will be removed. The scrapping of quotas means Britons will be able to buy American suits, refrigerators and cars if they can afford to pay for them. Items from which control will be removed November 9 include fresh and frozen salmon.