HC Deb 15 October 1976 vol 917 cc244-5W
Mr. Gould

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complete suppressions of information, and how many amalgamations of sources not usually amalgamated, there are in current Her Majesty's Custom and Excise import statistics; and how many of these are at the request of individual importers.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

Seventy-nine Tariff/Trade headings are currently suppressed completely from the detailed import statistics and 29 are suppressed by means of amalgamation. Of this total, 62 headings are suppressed at the request of trade associations and individual importers.