HC Deb 16 March 1951 vol 485 cc213-4W
Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury will make available to the Export Credits Guarantee Department sums necessary to meet their liabilities under the Anglo-Yugoslav Financial Agreement dated 11th January, 1951, in view of the

NIGERIA
Product Export Duty 1.4.49–31.3.50 Export Duty, 1950–51 Export Duty Received (in £) Estimated Export Duty Receipts
1.4.50–1.9.50 2.9.50-Present 1.4.49–31.3.50 1.4.50–31.3.51
£ £
Bananas, Fresh 3d. per count bunch. 3d. per count bunch. 3d. per count bunch. 43,146 36,700
Bananas, Dried 2d. per 10 lbs. 2d. per 10 lbs. 2d. per 10 lbs. 280 1,000
Per ton Per ton
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Benniseed 3 6 0 3 6 0 6% ad valorem 43,888 29,300
Cattle hides 18 0 0 18 0 0 £18 per ton 103,966 148,500
Cocoa 6 0 0 6 0 0 6% ad valorem 615,096 1,188,800
Goatskins 50 0 0 50 0 0 £50 per ton 179,921 217,100
Groundnuts 3 6 0 3 6 0 6% ad valorem 1,200,863 730,400
Groundnuts oil 9 0 0 9 0 0 6% ad valorem 6,193 29,100
Groundnuts cake 10 0 10 0 6% ad valorem Nil 1,000
Groundnuts meal — — 6% ad valorem Nil
Palm kernel oil 7 10 0 7 10 0 6% ad valorem 16
Palm kernel meal — — 6% ad valorem Nil
Palm cake 10 0 10 0 6% ad valorem Nil
Palm kernels 3 0 0 3 0 0 6% ad valorem 1,118,380 1,121,000
Palm oil 4 10 0 4 10 0 6% ad valorem 752,562 786 400
Shea nuts 2 0 0 2 0 0 £2 per ton 13, 098 10,600
Sheepskins 30 0 0 30 0 0 £30 per ton 31,018 39,900
Tin or Tin Ore 7 8 7 7s. 8d. per ton 5,045 4 200
NOTE.—Certain increases in the rates of export tax and additions to the products liable to export tax were proposed in the Budget for 1951/2 and are at present under consideration by the Nigerian Legislative Council.

fact that no payment will be received from Yugoslavia before 1956.

Mr. Jay

Yes, in accordance with Section 3 of the Export Guarantees Act, 1949