§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what import duties are levied on imports of lamb and other foods imported into the United Kingdom from outside the Common Market.
§ Mr. BishopThe current rate of duty on imports of lamb to the United Kingdom from outside the Common Market is 16 per cent.ad valorem plus £0.1867 per cwt. The rates of duty on imports of other foods are contained in Part 8 of the United Kingdom Customs Tariff, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what import levies are now paid on butter, cheese, beef and other foods imported into the United Kingdom from outside the Common Market.
§ Mr. BishopLevies on imports of commodities into the United Kingdom are offset by accession compensatory and monetary compensatory amounts. The extent to which a monetary compensatory amount exceeds any balance of levy after 497W deducting the accession compensatory amount is payable as an import refund.
On 6th May the net levies chargeable per 100 kilograms on imports of butter and cheddar cheese from outside the EEC were £73.7316 and £66.4384, respectively, and the corresponding figures for imports from New Zealand were £19.3498 and £27.8234.
For beef, the position is more complicated because a number of special schemes apply under which the full rate is currently abated in varying degree according to the scheme in question.
Full details about current rates of levies and refunds on beef and other food imports are available from the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what restrictions are imposed on the imports of beef and other foods into the United Kingdom from outside the Common Market.
§ Mr. BishopI regret this information is not readily available and I will reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the retail price of butter, cheese, beef, lamb, and other foods attracting import levies and duties when imported from outside the Common Market is accounted for by these levies and duties.
§ Mr. BishopI regret that no meaningful estimates of the sort requested by my hon. Friend can be given.
metric tones Butter Cheese Imports Access quantities under Protocol 18 Imports Access quantities under Protocol 18 1970 … … … … 152,314 — 64,588 — 1971 … … … … 146,012 — 71,292 — 1972 … … … … 119,533 — 66,012 — 1973 … … … … 131,585 165,811 45,849 68,580 1974 … … … … 117,399 158,902 17,537 60,960 1975 … … … … 119,861 151,994 30,077 45,720 1976 … … … … — 145,085 — 30,480 1977 … … … … — 138,176 — 15,240 Source: New Zealand High Commission. Protocol 18 of the Treaty of Accession set out the quantities of butter and cheese which the United Kingdom was authorised to import from New Zealand during the transitional period to 31st December 1977; and provided that access for