BT 2131949-1971Board of Trade: Commodity and General Division and successors: Registered Files (CG and GD Annual Series)
Registered files of the Board of Trade's Commodity and General Division and its successors.
This series contains information related to the postwar British export drive. Subjects covered include hire purchase; the balance of payments; export credits; overseas markets, investments and development schemes; the formation of the European Free Trade Association; commercial and business practices, export licences and control of the export of arms, including a number of files concerning the export of arms to South Africa. Correspondence with various associations and official bodies, which refers to a number of schemes and agreements, can also be found. Some files refer to atomic energy, with particular reference to exports, publicity and development programmes in Commonwealth countries. There are also files of the Economic Research Unit.
With the exception of a few policy files the records in this series belong to annual series, with either a CG or GD prefix.