HC Deb 28 February 1927 vol 203 cc44-6W
Mr. REMER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been secured by the Silk Duties in each month since their inception under the following heads: the Import duty on raw material, both real silk and artificial, the Excise on artificial silk, and the tax on manufactured articles respectively?

Mr. RONALD McNEILL

The information requested by my hon. Friend is contained in the following table:

STATEMENT showing the total amounts of Customs and Excise revenue derived from the taxes on Silk and Artificial Silk during each of the months from July, 1925, to January, 1927, inclusive.
Month. Silk (Imported). Artificial Silk (Imported). Articles made wholly or in part of Silk or Art. Silk. Total Customs Receipts. Deduct Drawbacks. Net Customs Revenue. Net Excise Revenue from Art Silk Yarn and Waste. Total.
Cocoons and Waste. Raw. Tarn. Tissues. Waste. Singles Yarn and Straw. Doubled or Twisted Thread. Tissues.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
1925.
July … … 1,216 47 336 8,747 130 2,301 19 3,677 18,310 34,783 5 34,778 — 34,778
August … … 1,545 306 2,704 51,201 314 4,590 416 21,054 58,397 140,527 109 140,418 105,613 246,031
September … … 1,030 1,204 3,948 105,358 370 5,048 146 39,077 111,194 267,375 707 266,668 83,090 349,758
October … … 5,417 2,772 4,815 142,319 425 7,385 160 45,519 116,360 325,172 3,195 321,977 83,077 405,054
November … … 7,936 5,765 5,558 160,401 221 4,861 249 46,423 99,070 330,484 6,929 323,555 70,768 394,323
December … … 6,736 5,710 6,346 147,102 451 6,897 242 41,242 80,252 294,978 7,393 287,585 38,334 325,919
1926.
January … … 6,667 6,335 9,717 200,123 646 7,674 302 55,981 61,123 348,568 16,138 332,430 67,987 400,417
February … … 8,152 10,047 9,285 209,382 632 8,980 200 58,884 83,458 389,020 14,987 374,033 83,996 458,029
March … … 12,921 13,184 14,082 260,385 559 16,340 65 77,321 147,035 541,892 26,382 515,510 75,108 590,618
April … … 14,354 10,556 10,640 267,146 594 17,092 91 70,310 131,742 522,525 17,194 505,331 66,561 571,892
May … … 7,817 8,197 9,644 175,988 389 11,841 355 47,285 79,118 340,634 29,303 311,331 36,774 348,105
June … … 12,404 12,802 11,169 258,010 271 18,239 186 63,640 106,375 483,096 39,401 443,695 57,883 501,578
July … … 10,025 11,570 12,526 212,722 785 18,828 220 59,960 92,838 419,474 43,153 376,321 58,454 434,775
August … … 9,435 10,303 10,695 203,843 955 17,353 79 59,708 101,374 413,745 45,200 368,545 59,571 428,116
September … … 8,818 9,652 11,023 229,924 2,806 22,299 248 67,422 129,930 482,122 56,823 425,299 46,943 472,242
October … … 8,983 11,204 13,667 223,785 753 24,394 502 70,061 150,331 503,680 66,705 436,975 67,229 504,204
November … … 10,996 16,626 13,036 184,130 631 21,848 1,185 64,970 117,373 430,795 78,018 352,777 62,093 414,870
December … … 9,144 17,331 11,390 170,791 786 12,552 387 69,261 107,133 398,775 66,005 332,770 63,733 396,503
1927.
January … … 9,911 11,548 13,069 235,883 455 16,790 445 86,867 80,037 455,005 60,273 394,732 53,552 448,284