Imported Horticultural Produce (Duties)

HC Deb 13 February 1958 vol 582 cc71-2W

64. Sir P. Agnew

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the yield from import duties upon foreign horticultural produce for the years 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957, respectively.

Mr. Simon

The yield for 1954, 1955 and 1956 was about £4,243,000, £5,094,000 and £5,614,000 respectively. The figure for 1957 is not yet available, but the yield for the first eight months of the year was about £3,447,000.