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Catalogue description Department of Trade and Industry: Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board and Simpler Trade Procedures Board: Minutes and Papers
| Reference: | BT 337 |
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| Title: | Department of Trade and Industry: Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board and Simpler Trade Procedures Board: Minutes and Papers |
| Description: |
Minutes and papers of the Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board and Simpler Trade Procedures Board. |
| Date: | 1970- 1998 |
| Separated material: |
Various minutes and papers were missing at transfer, notably the papers July 1970 - October 1972 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Trade and Industry, Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board, 1970-1988 Simpler Trade Procedures Board, 1988- |
| Physical description: | 37 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
, from 2002 |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board (SITPRO) was created in May 1970 and met for the first time on 1 July 1970. Its role was to study commercial and governmental documentation and procedures in international and domestic trade, and to make recommendations to assist the more efficient flow of trade. In 1988 it became the Simpler Trade Procedures Board, an independent agency supported by the Department of Trade and Industry. It retained its original objectives but also took on a new role to make British companies more competitive in world trade by attacking red tape, by developing technical skills and by encouraging the use of information technology in the trading distribution and payment processes. The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 made the Simpler Trade Procedures Board a public record body. |
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