'Customs evasion, colonial preference and the British tariff, 1829-42' in P L Cottrell & D H Aldcroft (eds), Shipping, Trade and Commerce. Essays in memory of Ralph Davis

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Author(s) Williams, David M
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1981
Pages pp99-116
Publisher Leicester University Press
Place Published Leicester

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Name Trade protection inc non tariff
Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with customs evasion in the context of colonial preference, leading to 'strange' distortions in normal trading patterns. Focuses on the timber and coffee trades, 1829-42, and the practice of shipping these commodities to a colony prior to importation into Britain. 'This paper examines the extent and character of these two strange forms of trade and considers the significance of customs evasion in the struggle over colonial preference'