§ Mr. Shoreasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the value in £ sterling of United Kingdom imports of jute goods in each year from 1967 to 1972; and what is the value of jute imports into the six EEC countries during the same period.
§ Sir G. HoweImports of jute products were as follows*
£ million United Kingdom EEC† (the Six) 1967 … … 9.2 26.2 1968 … … 9.8 31.8 1969 … … 9.4 36.1 1970 … … 8.9 34.6 1971 … … 8.1 31.2 1972 … … 8.9 ‡ * Jute yarns, fabrics, carpets and sacks and bags. † Converted from figures in international sources expressed in dollars, at the rates of exchange ruling at the times concerned. ‡ Not available.
§ Mr. Shoreasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the United Kingdom tariff on imported jute goods; what is the United Kingdom tariff on jute goods from Commonwealth countries; and what is the EEC tariff on imported jute goods.
§ Sir G. HoweFull details of the United Kingdom rates of import duty are published in the Customs and Excise Tariff and of the EEC rates in the OFFICIAL JOURNAL of the European Communities (Volume 16, No. L 1 dated 1st January 1973).
In the United Kingdom Tariff the full rates for jute goods are between 10 and 25 per cent.—except for certain used jute sacks which are free of import duty—and the rates for Commonwealth goods are nil except for products containing silk OT man-made fibres when they are 75 per cent. or 85 per cent. of the full rate. The EEC rates range between 8 per cent. and 22 per cent.