'File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries' [‎108r] (216/495)

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5. Great impcrtance is attaolied tiy British
manufacturers tc receiving infcrmaticn regarding such
samples which will enable them tc ccmpete with foreign
manufacturers. Tc enable steps tc be taken by British
manufacturers for the purpose of analysing the
cloth and forming comparative estimates of costing, samples
should be fairly large, i.e. from * yard to 1 yard in
xength, and or iuxx width where^ver possible, particularly
in the co.se of prints. Samples ahould be accompanied
by fuxl inlormaticn regarding the weights, widths, styles,
colours and designs in demand locally.
Y ^ u ar9 i rc baDly aware of the great importance
attached by United Kingdom manufacturers to such samples
-eiiig accompanied by information of the type resulted to
enaj^e them to submit competitive goods. Details such as
: manul ' a cture prices, should if possible, be given, or at
least wholesale price, f.c.b., c.i.f., or delivered and
paiu, and m tne matter case the amount of duty
levied on each article, should be stated. Attention should
aloe be paid to any of the points under 2 (h )(2) and 2(b)
(3) of the accompanying memorandum which may have special
a PPlicaticn tc the sEnrples*
5 * 1 have addressed a similar despatch tc the Poli
tical Agents at Muscat and Kuwait and your report, which
snculd ue furnished in quadruplicate, is to be embodied
in a single memorandum which I shall submit to the
Department of Overseas Trade fcr issue tc British Firms ]
in the United Kingdom, and to which all individual reports
received will "be attached.
I have the honour tc he.
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Political HesidenT^inthe Persian G-uir,