§ 43. Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a list showing the duties and levies on imported dairy products, meat, including lamb, tinned food, fruit juices, fruit and cereals in force on 1st January 1975 and a similar list for 1st January 1972.
§ Mr. BishopThe following table shows the information requested for representative categories of foodstuffs within the product groups named. The table shows the pre-accession United Kingdom levies which applied to imports from all sources and were in force on 1st January 1972 and also the levies under EEC arrangements, net of compensatory amounts, which applied, on 1st January 1975, to 327W imports from outside the Community. The tariff is highly complex, and therefore only the most favoured nation rate —that applied to imports from countries with no preferential arrangements—is
DUTIES AND LEVIES PAID ON SELECTED FOOD ITEMS AT 1ST JANUARY 1972 AND 1ST JANUARY 1975 1st January 1972 1st January 1975 Item Duty (MFN) Levy Duty(MFN) Levy Wheat … … — £2.00 per ton denatured — — £6.50 per ton milling Barley … … 10% £5.25 per ton — — Maize … … Free to 10%depending on type £3.75 per ton — — Butter … … — — — £301.39 per ton* Cheddar cheese … … 15% — — £398.52 per ton† Beef— … … boned or boneless … … 5% — 11% —‡ other: chilled … … £0.3500 per cwt. — 8%+£0.1866 per cwt. —‡ fresh or frozen … … £0.3110 per cwt. — 8%+£0.1866 per cwt. —‡ Lamb, fresh, chilled or frozen … … £0.9335 — 12%+£0.3734 per cwt. — Canned Beef (corned) … … 15% — 19.4% — Canned Salmon … … 2.5% — 7% — Canned Peaches containing … … 6% — 7.6% to 13.2% — added sweetening matter. depending on size of container and sugar content Canned orange juice— not containing more than 20% by weight of added sweetening matter. … … Free — 7.6% to 18.6% depending on sugar content and value. 11% — other … … 3% — — Fresh oranges … … 5% — — * The net levy on New Zealand butter (under Protocol 18 arrangements) was £190.15. † The net levy on New Zealand cheddar cheese (under Protocol 18 arrangements) was £327.11. ‡The only beef imported into the Community in January 1975 was under the GATT levy-free quota