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MR. HUNT
I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of revenue raised during the last financial year from import duties on each of the following articles: sugar, tea, figs, plums and raisins, cocoa, coffee, currants, and chicory.
MR. ASQUITH
The net amount of the Customs revenue collected during the the financial year 1906–7 in respect of the articles enumerated in the Question was:—
| £. | |
| Sugar | 6,250,334 |
| Tea | 5,588,288 |
| Figs | 64,652 |
| Plums | 65,087 |
| Raisins | 215,859 |
| Cocoa, Cocoa Husks,Cocoa or Chocolate prepared, and Cocoa Butter | 246,990 |
| Coffee | 175,216 |
| Currants | 121,721 |
| Chicory | 48,550 |