asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the typical import costs per ton of butter, cheese and beef, respectively, in 1972 and January 1975, showing for each commodity the relevant duties, levies and subsidies.
The information for the latest period for which import prices are available is as follows:
| (£ per ton) | ||||||||||||
1972
| January 1975
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Product
| Duty
| Levy
| Import subsidy
| Duty
| Levy
| Import subsidy (a) | ||||||
| Beef: | Developed Commonwealth
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| Fresh, | Nil | Nil | Nil | 8 per cent. ad valorem | … | Nil | £128 | |||||
| frozen | Developing Commonwealth
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| or | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | £128 | ||||||
| chilled | Ireland
| |||||||||||
| Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | £23 | |||||||
EEC
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| Bone In | … | … | £6·22 | Nil | Nil | Bone In | … | … | £3·73 | Nil | £115 | |
| Boneless | Boneless: | |||||||||||
| 5% ad val. | … | … | 3% ad val. | … | … | Nil | ||||||
Others
| ||||||||||||
| Bone In | … | … | £6·22 | Nil | Nil | Bone In | … | £3·73+ | ||||
| Boneless | 8% ad val. | … | … | Nil | £82 | |||||||
| 5% ad. val. | … | … | Boneless: | |||||||||
| 11% ad val. | … | … | Nil | £128 | ||||||||
Notes:
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| (1) Owing to the wide variety of cuts, qualities, presentations and origins, it is not possible to give c.i.f. prices in a meaningful way. For the same reasons, it is not possible to suggest a specific value for the ad valorem tariff rates given. | ||||||||||||
| (2) Imports from third countries are at present prohibited except for imports within the GATI evy free quota. | ||||||||||||
| (a) These are representative examples of m.c.a. subsidies but not exhaustive. | ||||||||||||
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are any restrictions under the Treaty of Accession and membership of the European Community which would prevent producer milk prices from being adjusted more frequently than once a year in line with the recommendations of the Expenditure Committee.
Experience during 1974–75 has shown that the guaranteed price for milk can be increased more often than once a year consistently with Community obligations.