HC Deb 17 March 1977 vol 928 cc302-3W
Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether, since 1st January 1976, imports under the Customs Tariff heading "Whalebone and the like" are recorded separately in the statistics in relation to the controlled whalebone and the uncontrolled and the like.

Mr. Meacher

No. "Whalebone and the like" is included with "horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks of animals" in tariff heading 05.09 and figures are only compiled for this heading as a whole. The control of imports is not dependent on the statistics but on the import licensing system.

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