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Import Duties (Revenue)

Volume 237: debated on Tuesday 25 March 1930

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56.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount collected by the Inland Revenue from duties on foreign imported goods of any kind during the current financial year?

The approximate net amount of revenue derived from the duties on imported goods up to the 28th February of the current financial year was £110,615,000.

Is not the right hon. Gentleman impressed by the magnitude of this amount?

I am impressed mainly by the fact that the bulk of that is made up by the Tobacco Duty.

57.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the revenue derived from duties on sugar imported from the British West Indies during the current financial year as compared with the previous financial year?

Up to the 28th ultimo the duty collected on sugar from the British West Indies during the present financial year amounted to £321,000 approximately, as compared with £402,000 for the corresponding period of the previous financial year.

On a point of Order. I wish to ask a supplementary question on Question No. 56.