Catalogue description Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Trade: Commercial Relations and Exports Division and Overseas Trade Divisions: Registered Files (IG/A Series)

Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest.

Date range

Details of BT 359
Reference: BT 359
Title: Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Trade: Commercial Relations and Exports Division and Overseas Trade Divisions: Registered Files (IG/A Series)
Description:

This series contains records of the Commercial Relations and Exports Division and Overseas Trade Divisions and is concerned with the administration of strategic export controls, and the effect of export controls by the United States of America on UK exports of military and civil aircraft, computers and other high technology equipment.
Date: 1965-1984
Arrangement:

Former file reference order
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: IG/A file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Trade and Industry, Commercial Relations and Exports Department, 1970-1974

Department of Trade and Industry, Overseas Trade Division, 1983-1993

Department of Trade, Commercial Relations and Exports Division, 1974-1981

Department of Trade, Overseas Trade Division, 1981-1983
Physical description: 31 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1999 Department of Trade and Industry
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Commercial Relations and Exports Division (and its successor) was responsible for international commercial policy; General Agreement of Tariffs and Trades; multilateral trade negotiations; interaction of trade and monetary problems. It was divided into a number of branches, each branch dealing with exports and issues concerning a number of countries.

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research