§ Mr. Shoreasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the United Kingdom tariff on imported tobacco; what is the United Kingdom tariff on tobacco imported from Commonwealth countries; and what is the EEC tariff on imported tobacco.
§ Sir G. HoweFull details of the United Kingdom rates of Customs duties on tobacco are published in the Customs and Excise Tariff and of the EEC rates in the Official Journal of the European Communities (Volume 16. No. L 1 dated 1st January 1973).
The United Kingdom full rates of duty range between £5.0410 and £5.4850 per lb., and the rates for Commonwealth goods range between £4.9640 and £5.3375 per lb. The EEC rates range between 15 per cent. and 117 per cent. with maximum, or minimum and maximum, specific rates applied in the case of unmanufactured tobacco.
§ Mr. Shoreasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of United Kingdom imports of tobacco in each year from 1967 to 1972; and what was the value of EEC imports of tobacco during the same period.
§ Sir G. HoweImports of tobacco (including cigarettes etc.):
£ million United Kingdom EEC† (the Six) 1967 … … … 89 168 1968 … … … 117 174 1969 … … … 115 206 1970 … … … 110 192 1971 … … … 109 232 1972 … … … 122 * * Not available. † Converted from figures in international sources, expressed in dollars, at the rates of exchange ruling at the times concerned.