HC Deb 09 May 1956 vol 552 c109W
67. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the average price per ton paid for copra in the Seychelles during the last five years; and the copra export tax paid on copra over the same period.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The average f.o.b. prices per long ton for the years 1951 to 1955, inclusive, were £84 9s., £60 9s., £75 0s., £76 4s. and £60 10s., respectively. Seychelles export tax was at 23½ per cent. of the f.o.b. price in 1951 and 1952, 5 per cent. in 1953 and 3 per cent. in 1954 and 1955.

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