Foodstuffs (Import Duties)

HC Deb 26 January 1954 vol 522 cc218-20W

Mr. Hurd

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the rates of duty charged on imported meat of the various categories, bacon, eggs, cheese, butter and grain, with particulars of the revenue derived during the past year.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

The latest available figures, for the period 1st November, 1952–31st October, 1953, are as follow:

Goods	Rate of duty	Revenue yield
Full	Preferential
I. Beef and Veal	Per lb.		£
(1) Beef and veal not preserved in any air-tight container (excluding offal and boned and boneless meat):
Chilled	…	…	…	…	…	…	¾d.	Exempt	19,450
Other kinds	…	…	…	…	…	⅔d.	Exempt	516,103
(2) Boned and boneless beef and veal and edible offals of beef and veal, not being beef, veal or offals preserved in any airtight container, and excluding sweetbread and tongues:—	Per cent, ad valorem
Boiled salted beef udders	…	…	…	15 per cent.	Exempt	806
Other	…	…	…	…	…	…	20 per cent.	Exempt	530,812
(3) Beef and veal preserved in any air-tight container (including edible offals of beef and veal, but excluding sweetbreads, tongues and jellied veal)	20 per cent.	Exempt	1,292,720
Total: Beef and veal	…	…	…			2,359,891
II. Mutton and lamb
(1) Not preserved in air-tight containers	…	…	Exempt	Exempt	Nil
(2) Preserved in air-tight containers	…	…	…	10 per cent.	Exempt	16,093
Total: Mutton and lamb	…	…	…			16,093
III. Pork (not including bacon and ham)
(1) Not preserved in air-tight containers	…	…	Exempt	Exempt	Nil
(2) Preserved in air-tight containers:
(i) Ground or chopped, canned	…	…	5 per cent.	Exempt	34,944
(ii) Pigs tongues	…	…	…	…	Exempt	Exempt	Nil
(iii) Other	…	…	…	…	…	10 per cent.	Exempt	465,759
Total: Pork	…	…	…	…	…			500,703
IV. Bacon and ham
(1) Not preserved in air-tight containers	…	…	Exempt	Exempt	Nil
(2) Preserved in air-tight containers:
(i) Ground or chopped, canned	…	…	5 per cent.	Exempt	1,346
(ii) Other	…	…	…	…	…	…	10 per cent.	Exempt	435,861
Total: Bacon and ham	…	…	…			437,207
V. Eggs (in shell)
(1) Not exceeding 14 lb. in weight per 120	…	…	1s. per 120	Exempt	69,517
(2) Over 14 lb. but not exceeding 17 lb. in wt. per 120	1s. 6d. per 120	Exempt	396,898
(3) Over 17 lb. in wt.per 120	…	…	…	…	1s. 9d.per 120	Exempt	204,897
Total: Eggs	…	…	…	…	…			671,312
VI. Cheese
(1) Blue veined	…	…	…	…	…	…	10 per cent.	Exempt	134,823
(2) Other	…	…	…	…	…	…	15 per cent.	Exempt	997,673
Total: Cheese	…	…	…	…			1,132,496
VII. Butter	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	15s. per cwt.	Exempt	1,760,330
VIII. Grain
(1) Wheat	…	…	…	…	…	…	Exempt	Exempt	Nil
(2) Barley	…	…	…	…	…	…	10 per cent.	Exempt	2,415,038
(3) Oats	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	3s. per cwt.	Exempt	90,711
(4) Rye	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	10 per cent.	Exempt	2
(5) Maize
(i) Flat white	…	…	…	…	…	10 per cent.	Exempt	24
(ii) Other	…	…	…	…	…	…	Exempt	Exempt	Nil
(6) Rice:
(i) Broken	…	…	…	…	…	Exempt	Exempt	Nil
(ii) Other	…	…	…	…	…	…	6s. per cwt.	Exempt	120,645
Total: Grain	…	…	…	…	…			2,626,420