Imported Fruit and Vegetables (Duties)

HC Deb 09 June 1969 vol 784 c210W

Mr. Body

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the revenue derived from the duties on imported fruit and vegetables for each year since 1953.

Mr. Harold Lever

Annual receipts since 1959 from the protective duties on edible fruit, nuts and vegetables, fresh, dried and preserved, have been as follows:

	£ million
1959	12.9
1960	13.4
1961	14.0
1962	15.5
1963	14.9
1964	14.9
1965	14.4
1966	15.0
1967	15.7
1968	14.8

Comparable figures for the years 1953 to 1958 are not readily available.