European Common Market

HC Deb 25 May 1960 vol 624 cc56-8W

Mr. Holt

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a White Paper, indicating the main items of United Kingdom exports to the Six, the values involved, the current tariffs and those operative under the common tariff, so that the House may be able to assess the extent of the damage which the United Kingdom may suffer from exclusion from the European Common Market.

Mr. Erroll

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 24th May, 1960; Vol. 624, c. 31], supplied the following:

PRINCIPAL UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS TO THE SIX AS SHOWN IN THE T. & N. ACCOUNTS FOR 1959
Item	Current Rates of Import Duty in	Common Tariff Rates— E.E.C
United Kingdom	Benelux	France	Italy	West Germany
Vegetable oils	0–15 per cent	0–12 per cent	4–16.2 per cent	0–25 per cent	0–10 per cent	0–20 per cent
Whisky	£10 13s.9d. per proof gallon	60.53 florins per hectolitre	30 per cent.	25 percent.; 60 per cent	DM 325 per 100 kg	$1.2 per degree; per hectolitre
Cigarettes	£3 10s. 0d. per lb.	45 per cent.	0; 70 NF per kg.	5,000 lire per kg.	DM 7,500 per 100 kg.	Duty not yet fixed
Iron ore	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Pyrites free ‡
Coal	Free	Free	Free	0; 4 per cent	DM 20 per ton	‡
Motor spirit	2s. 6d. per gallon	Free	5.6 per cent.	16 per cent.	DM 12.9 per 100 kg	Duty not yet fixed
Fuel oil	Free	Free	1.75 per cent.; 2.8 per cent.	9 per cent.; 16 percent.	DM 12.9 per 100 kg.	Duty not yet fixed
Tyres and tubes (motor vehicles)	30 per cent.	21.6 per cent.	18 per cent.; 22 per cent.	22 per cent.; 22.5 per cent.	14 per cent.	19 per cent.; 22 per cent.
Sheepskin leather	10 per cent.; 15 percent.	0; 6 per cent.	0–13.5 per cent.	10.8–15.3 per cent.	0; 6 per cent.	Free; 6 per cent.; 10 per cent.
Raw wool	Free	Free	0; 0.9	Free	Free	Free
Wool tops	10 per cent.*	2 per cent.	2 per cent.	0; 3.6 per cent.; 6.3 per cent.	1 per cent.	3 per cent.
Wool yarns	7½per cent.‡	4 per cent.	4 percent.; 6 per cent.	9.9 per cent.; 11 per cent.	2–6 per cent.	6 per cent.
Wool textiles	17½per cent.*	18 per cent.; 24 cent.	15 percent.	16.2 per cent.; 18 cent.	13 percent.	16 per cent.
Tinplate	£7 5s. 0d. per ton or 10 per cent.	6 per cent.	7 per cent.	10 per cent.	6 per cent.	‡
Unwrought copper	Free	Free	0; 18 per cent	Free	Free	Free
Unwrought tin I.C. engines	Free 17½ percent.; 30 per cent	Free 6–24 per cent.	Free 15–25 per cent.	Free 13–27 per cent.	Free 0–11 per cent.	Free 10–22 per cent.
Pumps	15 per cent.; 17½ percent.; 30 per cent.	6 per cent.; 15 percent.	8–22.5 per cent.	8–25 per cent.	0–9 per cent.	12–16 per cent.
Refrigerating equipment.	15 per cent.; 17½ per cent	6 percent.; 12 per cent	13.5 per cent. 16.2 per cent.	14.4–18.9 per cent.	2 per cent.; 4 per cent.	13 per cent.
Metalworking machine tools.	10 per cent.	6 per cent.; 7 per cent.	6–22 per cent.	7–25 per cent.	0; 4 per cent.	4–12 per cent.
Radio communication and navigation aid equipment.	17½ percent.; 20 per cent.; 30 per cent.	10 per cent.	18–22 per cent.	16.2–36 per cent.	9 per cent.	16–22 per cent.
Cars	30 per cent.	24 per cent.	29 per cent.	25–40.5 per cent.	13 per cent.; 16 per cent.	25 per cent.;
Tractors	15 per cent.; 20 per cent.;	6 per cent.; 24 per cent.	15–27 per cent.	12–32.4 per cent.	0–11 per cent.	12 per cent.; 18 per cent.;
	30 per cent					20 per cent.
Aircraft	17½ per cent.;	0; 10 per cent.	18 percent.	13–22 per cent.	Free	12–19 per cent.
* Not containing man-made fibres.
† Not containing man-made fibres or horse hair.
‡ There is no Common Tariff rate for iron ore, coal or tinplate, which were included in the table published in Vol. 623, No. 115, cols. 121–2; these items are covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community