§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1969–70 and for the latest available 12 month period (a) the amount of duties, levies and other protective charges levied on United Kingdom imports of foodstuffs admitted from countries not benefiting from any form of preference and (b) the amount so collected as a percentage of the value of the goods so admitted.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe following table gives for the financial year 1969–70 and for 1984 the duty and levies on imports of food and live animals chiefly for food (Standard International Trade Classification (rev 2) section 0).
1969–70 1984 £ million £ million Protective/customs duty 34.6 53.5 Agricultural levy *— 122.8 — — Total revenue †34.6 176.2 — — per cent. per cent. Total revenue as a percentage of value of dutiable goods 8.1 40.1 * Net levy receipts, charged under the provisions of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964, of £0.5 million were also received. EC Agricultural levies superseded these import levies on 1 February 1973. † As agricultural products were outside the scope of the EFTA convention, some agricultural products of EFTA origin attracted the full rate of duty. Such goods were not separately distinguishable in the duty statistics and have been included in this figure.