HC Deb 21 December 1981 vol 15 cc275-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the European Economic Community tariff on imports of the principal electronic components: whether and to what extent this is expected to be reduced under international agreements; how it compares with the

Common customs tariff rates United Kingdom rates before accession to the European Community †
Description Present (per cent.) Future (per cent.) *
Fixed capacitors, other than electrolytic 6.5 4.9 12.5
Other capacitors 7 7 12.5
Resistors 7.3 5.3 17
Printed circuity bords (plain boards) 9.1 6.2 12.5
Diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices, light emitting diodes; electronic microcircuits 17 17 20
* Under the Tokyo round of GATT multilateral trade negotiations the duties are due to be reduced in annual stages to the levels shown at 1 January 1987.
† Rates in force at 1 January 1972.

The information about trade in these products is shown as follows. The figures for September 1981 are given but these are not converted to an annual basis since this would be entirely speculative.

level of the United Kingdom tariff before United Kingdom entry into the Common Market; and whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing imports and exports of electronic components between the United Kingdom and the European Economic Community and between the United Kingdom and other countries for each year since 1970, and for September 1981, grossed up at an annual rate.

Mr. Sproat

The tariff information in respect of representative examples of electronic components is as follows:

Imports—£1000
Sept 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970
Capacitors
Fixed and Variable
E. C. 1,782 20,041 22,317 20,004 17,392 13,978 9,275 12,100 10,004 6,180 4,438 5,291
Other Countries 2,762 31,065 24,864 18,829 18,122 12,920 9,618 13,499 9,438 5,334 3,871 4,450
Resistors
Fixed and Variable
E.C. 1,033 9,241 11,776 10,850 11,175 9,193 6,634 7,634 7,063 4,914 2,941 2,549
Other Countries 1,854 19,487 18,100 15,775 14,611 10,974 8,251 11,472 8,088 4,655 3,183 3,809
Printed Circuits
E.C 1,505 13,321 13,742 12,834 11,955 9,387 4,876 3,185 1,510 649 Comparable Figures not available
Other Countries 1,253 12,173 12,466 12,929 9,194 6,828 6,946 7,294 3,583 2,261
Diodes, Transistors Etc.
E.C. 9,258 92,692 92,322 77,900 65,594 42,896 28,400 29,256 20,277 12,120 9,170 8,679
Other Countries 13,242 155,905 115,541 92,945 93,526 73,166 53,372 59,142 44,920 22,680 16,134 18,783

Exports—£1000
Sept 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970
Capacitors
Fixed and Variable
E.C. 1,056 22,286 15,532 10,460 9,690 5,716 3,718 3,765 2,396 1,181 1,393 1,936
Other Countries 1,362 16,239 1,2032 8,768 8,781 6,750 6,439 5,791 3,554 2,487 3,018 2,961
Resistors
Fixed and Variable
E.C. 1,314 17,405 17,070 14,301 10,846 7,129 4,928 5,312 3,405 2,120 1,634 1,924
Other Countries 956 12,946 11,880 8,930 6,648 5,828 4,811 5,017 3,821 2,654 3,149 2,992
Printed Circuits
E.C. 358 8,708 7,135 5,491 3,454 3,034 2,735 1,880 1,170 4,921 Comparable Figures not available
Other Countries 584 5,891 4,952 3,018 3,056 2,059 1,272 919 581 249
Diodes, Transistors Etc.
E.C. 6,612 104,794 74,882 62,633 56,620 30,137 20,021 17,412 12,610 7,287 5,280 8,848
Other Countries 5,716 51,098 38,320 29,422 27,415 26,699 24,198 23,020 10,433 6,200 4,190 5,080

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