§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the amount of duty collected in each chapter of the Brussels nomenclature in the case of manufactures for the latest year for which figures are available, together with the amount of dutiable imports; and if he will provide the same information for 1972.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneInformation is not readily available in the form asked. Receipts of customs duties in the financial years 1972–73 and 1979–80 by tariff chapter and the values of dutiable imports in the financial year 1972–73 and the calendar year 1979 by sections of the standard international trade classification are published in the reports of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise for the years ended 31 March 1973 and 31 March 1980. There are copies in the Library of the House.