§ Mr. Keelingasked the Minister of Food if he will name the foods which both pay customs or excise duty and are subsidised; and what is the rate of duty and subsidy in each case.
DR. SUMMERSKILL, pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 28th March. 1949; Vol. 463, c. 820] supplied the following information:
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RATES OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTIES AND PARTICULARS OF SUBSIDIES ON FOODSTUFFS THAT ARE BOTH DUTIABLE AND SUBSIDISED, FOR 1948–49 1. Commodity 2. Rate of Duty 3. Average Unit Value of Duty 4. Unit rat of Sudsidy on duty paid imports or home supplies bearing Excise 5. Overall Unit subsidy 6. Overall effect on all supplies of duty actually paid Butter £15per ton from non-Empire source 1½d. per lb. 25¾d. per lb. 1/4per lb. 0.4d. per lb. Cheese 15% ad valorem from non-Empire sources 4d. per lb. 32½d. per lb. 1/0½ per lb. 0.8d. per lb. Condensed Milk 6/- per cwt. on milk plus duty on sugar content 3/9 per case 6/2¾ per case 2/0½per case 1/- per case Sugar(d) Full Customs Duty 95°–96° polarisation 18/3.7 per cwt. 16/3½ per cwt. 16/3? per cwt. 8/8? per cwt. (raw) 9/- per cwt or 10/7¼ per cwt. Including Deficiency Payment to British Sugar Corporation (raw). 15/10¼ per cwt. (raw) Preferential Empire Customs Duty polarisation 14/6?9 per cwt. Colonial Customs Duty polarisation 11/6?9 per cwt. Excise Duty 13/5.9 per cwt. 14/7.1 per cwt (raw) 9/10.9 per cwt or 16/1.9 per cwt. if Deficiency Payment to British Sugar Corporation in included. (raw) There are differentials from these rates according to degree of polarisation Shell Eggs From non-empire souces: (a)Not exceeding 14 lbs. in weight per 120 1/-per 120 4/6 per box of 30 doz. 20/6 per box of 30 doz. 42/7 per box of 30 doz. 1/0½ per box of 30 doz. (b) Over lbs, but not exceeding 17 lbs. in weight per 120. 1/6 per 120 (c) Over 17 lbs. in weight per 120 1/9 per 120 Dried Eggs 10% ad valorem from Non-Empire sources £81 5s. 2d. per ton £192 15s. 6d. per ton £192 15s. 6d. per ton £81 5s. 2d. per ton Domestic Pack. Tea(d) Full 8d. per lb. Preferential 6d. per lb. 6d. per lb. 11d. per lb. 11d. per lb. 6d. per lb. Sunflower Seed Oil 15% ad valorem from non-Empire sources £25 per ton — £46 13s. 4d. per ton on Margarine and Cooking Fat. £2 per ton on Margarine and Cooking Fat. Herring Oil 10% ad valorem from non-Empire sources £10 per ton Bone-in-Beef and Veal. 2/3 per lb. £7 15s. 0d. per ton £13 9s. 0d. per ton £38 2s. 0d. per ton £ 2s. 0d. per ton Boneless Beef and Veal. 20% ad valorem Beef or Veal Offals Canned Corned Meat 20$ ad valorem £25 15s. 0d. per ton £24 11s. 6d. per ton £16 18s. 8d. per ton £18 0s. 0d. per ton (d)Changes in these duties were announced in the Financial Statement for 1949–50.