§ Mr. Simeonsasked the Minister for the Civil Service what additional annual tonnage of paper will be required in order to provide the EEC movement certificate forms used by exporters since 1st April 1973; and what will be the annual cost as compared with the former EFTA documentation.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerSo far, a total of 11,610,000 movement certificates has been ordered by Her Majesty's Stationery Office 153W for Customs and Excise at a cost of approximately £134,000. Their total weight is about 154 tonnes. They are supplied free of charge to exporters. Customs and Excise is unable to give an accurate estimate of annual figures at this stage. The former EFTA documentation consisted mainly of a declaration on the commercial invoice. In so far as separate forms were used, these were sold through Government bookshops or by commercial printers. None of these involved cost to the Crown.