Levies

HC Deb 23 January 1980 vol 977 cc230-1W

Mr. Leighton

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will circulate a table in the Official Report bringing up to date the information on levies on commodities from third countries circulated in answer to a question from the hon. Member for Newham, South (Mr. Spearing), Official Report, 27 July 1979, c. 705–6; and if

Item and CCT No.	Common levy*	M.C.A.	Net import levy
					£/MT	P/LB	£/MT	P/LB	£/MT	P/LB
Common wheat (10.01A)*	…	…	50.221	2.28	6.519	0.30	43.702	1.98
Barley (10.03)*	…	…	…	…	44.301	2.01	5.786	0.26	38.515	1.75
Maize (10.05B)*	…	…	…	…	60.603	2.75	5.786	0.26	54.817	2.49
White sugar (17.01A)	…	…	…	112.131	5.09	3.21	0.15	108.921	4.94
Butter 82–84 per cent. fat content (04.03A)	…	…	…	…	1,417.818	64.37	21.16	0.96	1,396.658	63.41
Cheddar cheese (04.04EIb1bb)	…	…	1,201.884	54.57	16.09	0.73	1,185.794	53.84
Skimmed milk powder (04.02AIIb1)	…	542.998	24.65	8.60	0.39	534.398	24.26
Boneless frozen meat (02.01AIIb4bb33)	…	1,180.847	53.61	19.64	0.89	1,161.207	52.72
Lard (15.01AII)	…	…	…	…	79.826	3.62	2.79	0.13	77.036	3.49
Pigmeat carcases (02.01AIIIa1)	…	249.492	11.33	8.71	0.40	240. .782	10.93
Salted bacon sides (02.06BIa2aa)	…	319.363	14.50	11.15	0.51	308.213	13.99
Eggs (04.05AIb)*	…	…	…	355.609	16.14	14.77	0.67	340.839	15.47
Poultrymeat 70 per cent. chickens (02.02AIb)*	…	…	…	…	158.634	7.20	12.67	0.58	145.964	6.62
* Those items not yet affected by the latest green pound devaluation are respectively common wheat, barley, maize, eggs and poultry. For these commodities, conversion from European currency units into sterling has been made using the representative rate £1=1.70148 ECU and multiplying the resultant figures by the current monetary coefficient of 1.066. For remaining commodities, the representative rate used is £1=1.61641, and the monetary coefficient is 1.012.
†There is a special rate for imports from New Zealand.
‡This includes a supplementary levy applicable to imports from certain countries of origin. Regulations provide for supplementary levies to operate in this sector when average free-at-frontier offer prices fall below the sluice gate price.