§ 22. Mr. Shepherdasked the President of the Board of Trade why it is that of imported raw hides and skins only goatskins bear an import duty; and what domestic production of goatskins there is.
Mr. P. ThomeycroftThe duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem on goatskins is imposed in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Agreements with India and South Africa by which the United Kingdom undertook to maintain the existing margin of preference of 10 per cent. ad valorem on goatskins imported from those countries. There are no official statistics of domestic production of goatskins, but I am informed that it is very small.