CUSTOMS DUTIES (FOODSTUFFS, ETC.).

HC Deb 07 November 1934 vol 293 cc1043-4W

Mr. LEONARD

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total receipts from Import Duties on foodstuffs for the financial years ended 31st March, 1929 to 1933, respectively?

Mr. COOPER

The approximate amounts of Customs Duties collected on foodstuffs, including feeding stuffs for animals (which cannot be separately distinguished) and tea, coffee and cocoa, in the financial years 1928–1929 to 1932–1933, were as follow:

			£
1928–1929	…	…	21,246,000
1929–1930	…	…	13,192,000
1930–1931	…	…	13,949,000
1931–1932	…	…	16,522,000
1932–1933	…	…	27,427,000