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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report, the amount paid over in own resources contribution to the European Economic Community budget for 1981, and his estimates for 1982, under the heading customs duties, broken down between food, beverages, manufactures and other goods, agricultural levies, sugar and isoglucose levies, value added tax own resources and total.
Mr. Ridley
The amount paid to the European Community in own resources contributions in 1981 and estimates for 1982 are set out below. A breakdown of customs duties for 1981 is not yet availdable and as a result it is not possible to produce reliable estimates for 1982.
(£ million) | ||
1981 | 1982* | |
Customs duties | 861 | 941 |
Agricultural levies | 192 | 270 |
Sugar and isoglucose levies | 30 | 53 |
Value-added tax own resources | 1,095 | 1,403 |
TOTAL | 2,178 | 2,667 |
* Estimates. |