asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a list of the levies imposed on imports of cereals under the Minimum Import Price Arrangements made under the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964; and if he will give details of the volume and value of imports which have had a levy imposed on them and details of receipts by the Exchequer from each of these levies, for each of the years that they have been in force.
A list of the levies imposed on imports of cereals, cereal products and by-products since the start of the Minimum Import Price Arrangements in 1964 is given in the table appended.
| TABLE | ||||||
| LIST OF LEVIES IMPOSED UNDER THE MINIMUM IMPORT PRICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CEREALS | ||||||
| Commodity | ||||||
| Tariff Heading | Description | Type of Levy | Rate of Levy (per ton) | Duration of levy | ||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 11.02 | Cereal meal—of barley | General | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.7.64–10.3.66 |
| 11.02 | Cereal meal—of maize | General | 10 | 0 | 8.7.64–4.2.65 | |
| 10.01 | Wheat | General | 5 | 0 | 23. 7.64— 1. 9.64 | |
| 10.01 | Wheat | Country | 5 | 0 | 31. 7.64–27. 8.64 | |
| 10.01 | Wheat | General | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2. 9.64–26.11.64 |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of wheat | General | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.10.64–28.10.64 |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of wheat | General | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29.10.64–26.11.64 |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked crushed or bruised cereals— of wheat | General | 3 | 10 | 0 | 27.11.64–4.2.65 |
| 10.01 | Wheat | General | 10 | 0 | 27.11.64— 2. 6.65 | |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of wheat | General | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.2.65–2.6.65 |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of sorghum | General | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5.65–2.6.65 |
| 10.01 | Wheat | General | 5 | 0 | 3. 6.65–10. 3.66 | |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of grain sorghum | General | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.6.65–18.8.65 |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of wheat | General | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.6.65–18.8.65 |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of wheat | General | 3 | 10 | 0 | 19.8.65–10.3.66 |
| 11.02 | Rolled, flaked, crushed or bruised cereals— of grain sorghum | General | 3 | 10 | 0 | 19.8.65–10.3.66 |
| 11.02 | Cereal meal—of maize | General | 15 | 0 | 3.5.66–4.4.68 | |
The gross tonnages of imports of wheat and of cereal products subject to levy, and the nett receipts from the levies in each financial year were as follows (approximate figures):
Gross Tonnage
| Nett Receipts
| ||
| £ | |||
| 1964–65 | |||
| Wheat | … | 22,500 | 8,800 |
| Cereal Products | … | 29,000 | 75,500 |
| 1965–66 | |||
| Wheat | … | 39,000 | 8,000 |
| Cereal Products | … | 23,000 | 13,100 |
| 1966–67 | |||
| Wheat | … | Nil | —3,400 |
| Cereal Products | … | 47,500 | 34,800 |
| 1967–68 | |||
| Wheat | … | Nil | Nil |
| Cereal Products | … | 63,000 | 45,000 |
I regret that records of the value of the imports which had levies imposed on them are not immediately available, but I will write to the right hon. Member when this information has been obtained.