§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will bring up to date the information on European Economic Community levies, monetary compensatory amounts and United Kingdom net levies supplied to the reply to the hon. Member for Newham, South (Mr. Spearing) Official Report, 21 November 1979, c. 230–2.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe following is the information requested for the United Kingdom as at 25 July 1981:
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Common Levy* MCA† Total Import Levy Item and CCT No. £/MT P/LB £/MT P/LB £/MT P/LB Butter 82–84 per cent. fatcontent (04.03A)‡ 874.951 39.69 206.460 9.36 1,081.411 49.05 Cheddar Cheese (04.04 EIb lbb) 1,081.812 49.07 160.070 7.26 1,241.882 56.33 Skimmed Milk (Powder (04.02 AIIb1) 323.525 14.67 86.040 3.90 409.565 18.57 Boneless Frozen Beef (02.01 AIIb4bb33) 1,274.774 57.82 192.100 8.71 1,466.874 66.53 Lard (15.01 AII) 40.531 1.84 25.730 1.17 66.261 3.01 Pigmeat Carcases (02.01 AIIIa1) 126.575 5.74 80.420 3.65 206.995 9.39 Salted Bacon Sides (02.06 BIa2aa) 162.011 7.35 102.940 4.67 264.951 12.02 Eggs (04.05AIb)§ 99.554 4.52 25.850 1.17 125.404 5.69 Poultrymeat 70 per cent. Chickens (02.02 AIb)║ 107.694 4.88 22.170 1.01 129.864 5.89 Footnotes * Conversion from European currency units into sterling has been made using the representative rate 1 ECU = £0.618655, and multiplying the resultant figure by the current monetary coefficient of 0.895. † Currently, monetary compensatory amounts, MCAs, act as a levy on imports. ‡ There is a special rate for New Zealand butter. § 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. ║ Does not include a supplementary levy which at present applies only to imports from Spain.