HC Deb 25 May 1960 vol 624 cc56-8W
Mr. Holt

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a White Paper, indicating the main items of United Kingdom exports to the Six, the values involved, the current tariffs and those operative under the common tariff, so that the House may be able to assess the extent of the damage which the United Kingdom may suffer from exclusion from the European Common Market.

Mr. Erroll

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 24th May, 1960; Vol. 624, c. 31], supplied the following:

PRINCIPAL UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS TO THE SIX AS SHOWN IN THE T. & N. ACCOUNTS FOR 1959
Item Current Rates of Import Duty in Common Tariff Rates— E.E.C
United Kingdom Benelux France Italy West Germany
Vegetable oils 0–15 per cent 0–12 per cent 4–16.2 per cent 0–25 per cent 0–10 per cent 0–20 per cent
Whisky £10 13s.9d. per proof gallon 60.53 florins per hectolitre 30 per cent. 25 percent.; 60 per cent DM 325 per 100 kg $1.2 per degree; per hectolitre
Cigarettes £3 10s. 0d. per lb. 45 per cent. 0; 70 NF per kg. 5,000 lire per kg. DM 7,500 per 100 kg. Duty not yet fixed
Iron ore Free Free Free Free Free Pyrites free ‡
Coal Free Free Free 0; 4 per cent DM 20 per ton
Motor spirit 2s. 6d. per gallon Free 5.6 per cent. 16 per cent. DM 12.9 per 100 kg Duty not yet fixed
Fuel oil Free Free 1.75 per cent.; 2.8 per cent. 9 per cent.; 16 percent. DM 12.9 per 100 kg. Duty not yet fixed
Tyres and tubes (motor vehicles) 30 per cent. 21.6 per cent. 18 per cent.; 22 per cent. 22 per cent.; 22.5 per cent. 14 per cent. 19 per cent.; 22 per cent.
Sheepskin leather 10 per cent.; 15 percent. 0; 6 per cent. 0–13.5 per cent. 10.8–15.3 per cent. 0; 6 per cent. Free; 6 per cent.; 10 per cent.
Raw wool Free Free 0; 0.9 Free Free Free
Wool tops 10 per cent.* 2 per cent. 2 per cent. 0; 3.6 per cent.; 6.3 per cent. 1 per cent. 3 per cent.
Wool yarns 7½per cent.‡ 4 per cent. 4 percent.; 6 per cent. 9.9 per cent.; 11 per cent. 2–6 per cent. 6 per cent.
Wool textiles 17½per cent.* 18 per cent.; 24 cent. 15 percent. 16.2 per cent.; 18 cent. 13 percent. 16 per cent.
Tinplate £7 5s. 0d. per ton or 10 per cent. 6 per cent. 7 per cent. 10 per cent. 6 per cent.
Unwrought copper Free Free 0; 18 per cent Free Free Free
Unwrought tin I.C. engines Free 17½ percent.; 30 per cent Free 6–24 per cent. Free 15–25 per cent. Free 13–27 per cent. Free 0–11 per cent. Free 10–22 per cent.
Pumps 15 per cent.; 17½ percent.; 30 per cent. 6 per cent.; 15 percent. 8–22.5 per cent. 8–25 per cent. 0–9 per cent. 12–16 per cent.
Refrigerating equipment. 15 per cent.; 17½ per cent 6 percent.; 12 per cent 13.5 per cent. 16.2 per cent. 14.4–18.9 per cent. 2 per cent.; 4 per cent. 13 per cent.
Metalworking machine tools. 10 per cent. 6 per cent.; 7 per cent. 6–22 per cent. 7–25 per cent. 0; 4 per cent. 4–12 per cent.
Radio communication and navigation aid equipment. 17½ percent.; 20 per cent.; 30 per cent. 10 per cent. 18–22 per cent. 16.2–36 per cent. 9 per cent. 16–22 per cent.
Cars 30 per cent. 24 per cent. 29 per cent. 25–40.5 per cent. 13 per cent.; 16 per cent. 25 per cent.;
Tractors 15 per cent.; 20 per cent.; 6 per cent.; 24 per cent. 15–27 per cent. 12–32.4 per cent. 0–11 per cent. 12 per cent.; 18 per cent.;
30 per cent 20 per cent.
Aircraft 17½ per cent.; 0; 10 per cent. 18 percent. 13–22 per cent. Free 12–19 per cent.
* Not containing man-made fibres.
† Not containing man-made fibres or horse hair.
‡ There is no Common Tariff rate for iron ore, coal or tinplate, which were included in the table published in Vol. 623, No. 115, cols. 121–2; these items are covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community