§ Mr. Oramasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state, for the last convenient year, the value of office furniture, domestic furniture, domestic
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE WITH E.E.C.—1961 Value—£ — Western Germany Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg France Italy UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS Glass and glassware 1,419,109 223,749 2,110,960 — 1,328,260 413,585 Pottery (domestic) 686,841 120,431 23,062 6,213 156,127 574,811 *Furniture (incl. parts) 485,850 256,292 99,557 33 161,370 296,786 Domestic electric appliances 1,558,958 1,153,297 110,976 36 439,953 479,425 UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS Glass and glassware 552,690 947,477 216,048 92 279,182 505,131 Pottery (domestic) 293,781 153,941 38,268 1,169 105,634 296,791 *Furniture (incl. parts) 216,485 279,267 236,810 1,159 221,889 98,433 Domestic electric appliances 3,010,877 1,423,176 1,071,314 4,271 1,992,643 1,468,449 * Separate figures for office and domestic furniture are not available.
RANGE OF IMPORT DUTY LEVIABLE IN — Italy France Benelux Western Germany Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Office furniture … 11.4–21.8 15–22.3 11.4–18 2.9–14.4 Domestic furniture … Domestic electric appliances … 18–31.1 16–20 11.4–16.8 8.1–11.6 Domestic glassware … 12.8–27.4 19.2–24 24 19.2 Domestic pottery … 12.8–37.9 15–27 15–24 12–17.6 Full details of the import duties levied, together with particulars of any additional taxes which may be applied, on the individual items covered by this very wide range of products are available from the Board of Trade.