Captain MURRAYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he could state the quantity and value of fresh fish caught by British fishing boats during the year 1910 and exported abroad; the names of the various countries to which the fish was exported; the quantity sent to each; and the amount of duty levied in each country on fresh fish?
Mr. BUXTONI attach a statement giving the information asked for by my hon. Friend.
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The following Statement shows the rates of duty leviable on fresh fish on importation into the four countries named:— Countries. Tariff Classification. Tariff rates of duty. English equivalents. Mks Pf. £ s. d. Germany Carp, not living 100 Kilogs.(gross) 10 00 Cwt. 0 5 0 Other fresh fish Free Free Marine molluscs, living or merely boiled or salted, also with the shell removed: Oysters 100 Kilogs. (gross) 65 00 Cwt. (gross) 1 12 6 Others Free Free Sea turtle, living or dead 100 Kilogs. (gross) 100 00 Cwt. (gross) 2 10 0 Marine crustaceans, living or not, shelled or not: Lobsters and crayfish 100 Kilogs. (gross) 65 00 Cwt. (gross) 1 12 6 Other 100 Kilogs. (gross) 24 00 Cwt. (gross) 0 12 0 Fresh water crustaceans: Living or merely boiled Free Free Shelled (crab flesh) 100 Kilogs. 60 00 Cwt. 1 10 0 Netherlands Fresh fish Free Free Belgium Fresh fish of all kinds Free Free France Fresh-water fish, fresh: Salmonoid family: Frs. Cts. Trout 100 Kilogs. 25 00 Cwt. 0 10 2 Other 100 Kilogs. (gross) 10 00 Cwt. (gross) 0 4 0¾ Other kinds: Pike, carp, tench and eels 100 Kilogs. (gross) 8 00 Cwt. (gross) 0 3 3 Other 100 Kilogs. (gross) 5 00 Cwt. (gross) 0 2 0½ Salt-water fish, fresh 100 Kilogs. (gross) 20 00 Cwt. (gross) 0 8 1½ Oysters, fresh: Seed Free Free Other Thousand 1 50 Thousand 0 1 2½ Lobsters and crayfish, fresh 100 Kilogs. 15 00 Cwt. 0 6 1½ Mussels and other shell fish Free Free