HC Deb 09 June 1969 vol 784 c210W
Mr. Body

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the revenue derived from the duties on imported fruit and vegetables for each year since 1953.

Mr. Harold Lever

Annual receipts since 1959 from the protective duties on edible fruit, nuts and vegetables, fresh, dried and preserved, have been as follows:

£ million
1959 12.9
1960 13.4
1961 14.0
1962 15.5
1963 14.9
1964 14.9
1965 14.4
1966 15.0
1967 15.7
1968 14.8

Comparable figures for the years 1953 to 1958 are not readily available.

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