HC Deb 11 July 1910 vol 19 cc164-5W
Mr. DUNCAN MILLAR

asked the quantity and value of fresh fish caught by British fishing boats during the year 1909 and exported abroad, the names of the various countries to which the fish was exported, the quantity sent to each, and the amount of duty levied in each country on fresh fish?

Mr. BUXTON

The following statement shows the total quantity and value of the various descriptions of fresh fish of British taking, exported in 1909, and the quantity and value exported to Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France:—

The following statement shows the rates of duty leviable on fresh fish on importation into the four countries named:—

Countries. Tariff Classification. Tariff Rates of Duty. English Equivalents.
Mks. pfg. £ s. d.
Germany … Carp, not living 100 kilogs. 10.00 Cwt. 0 5 0
Other fresh fish Free. Free.
Marine molluscs, living or merely boiled or salted, also with the shell removed:
Oysters 100 kilogs.(gross) 65.00 Cwt.(gross) 1 12 6
Other Free. Free.
Sea turtle, living or dead 100 kilogs. 100.00 (gross) Cwt.(gross) 2 10 0
Marine crustaceans, living or not, shelled or not:
Lobsters and crayfish (gross) 65.00 (gross) 1 12 6
Other (gross) 24.00 24.00 (gross) 0 12 0
Fresh water crustaceans:
Living or merely boiled Free. Free.
Shelled (crab flesh) 100 kilogs. 60.00 60.00 Cwt. 1 10 0
Holland … Fresh fish Free. Free.
Belgium … Fresh fish of all kinds Free. Free.
France Fresh water fish, fresh:
Salmonoid family: Frs. cts.
Trout … … … … 100 kilogs. 25.00 Cwt. 0 10 2
Other 100 kilogs. 10.00 Cwt. 0 4 0¾
Other kinds: (gross) (gross)
Pike, carp, tench and eels (gross) 8.00 8.00 (gross) 0 3 3
Other (gross) 5.00 (gross) 0 2 0½ 0 2 0½
Salt water fish, fresh … … (gross) 20.00 (gross) 0 8 1½ 0 8 1½
Oysters, fresh:
Seed Free. Free.
Other Thousand. 1.50 Thousand. 0 1 2½
Lobsters and crayfish, fresh 100 kilogs. 15.00 Cwt. 0 6 1¼
Mussels and other shell fish … Free. Free.