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Show ailPW GUMTEE ' Exporters Can Secure Letters Let-ters of Assurance by Consigning Con-signing Properly. WASHINGTON, Dee. 9. The system sys-tem of letters of assurance adopted to guarantee the passage of sea-borne goods past the British blockade to Hoi-land Hoi-land and Denmark under surety 1 that they would not reach Germany has been extended to Norway, the British embassy em-bassy announced today. Under the new arrangement exporters to Norway, by consigning their goods to selected firms, may secure letters of assurance from the embassy here. Tho consignees in turn will agree that the goods will not be re-exported to Germany. Tride to Norway, embassy officials explained, has been' in a confused state for many months, owing to the lack of a clear understanding among exporters of just what would be allowed admission. admis-sion. The regulations published today are described as embodying no new principles, but as constituting merely a means of clarifying trade conditions" to assure exporters of the conditions thev will meet. Several firms have been selected io issue guarantees to consignees. The Oil & Colour Merchants' association of Norway and four smaller concerns will issun guarantees for paraf'fine wax, turpentine, tur-pentine, varnishes, linseed nil, raw and boiled; rape seed oil, eeresine ami kar-nnuba kar-nnuba wax, rosin, all animal and vegetable vege-table oils ami fats and fattv acids, and small fpiantities of various materials used by members of the association. The Norwegian Paper Makers' association asso-ciation will issue guarantees for rosin, alum, cotton, fells; woolen felts, china clay, sulphur, hoop iron, baling wire, bleaching powder, leather imichine belting, belt-ing, lead, soda. calcine, cnusiic and sulphate; the Norwegian Soap Makers association for oils, tallow and animal fats, caustic and snhvav soda and rosin; the Norwegian Whole'-ale Croi-ers' association as-sociation for sugar, coffee, svrnp, ricp, tea, honey, starch, potato meal and' flour, dessirated cocoanut nnd enr-oanut paste, driedt fruits and dried potatoes; the Norwegian National Association of Grain and Flour Importers and Norwegian Nor-wegian M illers ' associat ion for grain, flour, meal, beans, pens, fruit, lentil and maize, anil the Norwegian foo'l commission for flour, sugar ami mai.c and feeding stuffs. |