§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a list of the products against which the Eire Government levy a tariff on entry into the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland, together with a note of the present level of those tariffs.
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§ Mr. NobleAt present most goods entering the Republic from Northern Ireland are still subject to some duty. Apart from certain primary and processed agricultural and fishery products, however, as from 1st July next the duty will be payable at only 40 per cent. of that payable on 1st March, 1966, and as from 1st July, 1975, it will have been eliminated.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with the Eire Government in 1971 about accelerating the reduction in tariffs levied on United Kingdom products entering the Republic; and what changes have been negotiated.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the products entering the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland on which the United Kingdom levies a tariff.
§ Mr. NobleThe United Kingdom does not charge protective import duty on any goods which are regarded as originating in the Irish Republic in accordance with the terms of the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Area Agreement. The main classes of goods subject to revenue duties are beer, wine, spirits (including perfumed spirits), hydrocarbon oil, tobacco, matches and mechanical lighters.