asked the Minister for Finance if he will state (1) the total value of and (2) the total amount of customs duty paid in respect of empty glass bottles and glass jars, imported into Saorstát Eireann during the year ended 31st March, 1934, and during the seven months ended 31st October, 1934, and which were subject to duty imposed by Section 4 of the Finance Act, 1933 (No. 15 of 1933), and mentioned at reference No. 14 in the first Schedule to that Act, distinguishing between the quantities subject (1) to the ordinary rate of duty, and (2) the preferential rate of duty.
Written Answers. - Customs Duties.
The total value of and the total amount of customs duty paid in respect of empty glass bottles and glass jars imported into Saorstát Eireann during the year ended 31st March, 1934, and during the seven months ended 31st October, 1934, and which were subject to the duty imposed by Section 4 of the Finance Act, 1933 (No. 15 of 1933), and mentioned at Reference No. 14 in the First Schedule to that Act, are as follows:—
|
Period |
Full rate of Duty |
Preferential rate of Duty |
Licence (Free of Duty) |
||
|
Value |
Duty (approx.) |
Value |
Duty (approx.) |
Value |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Year ended 31st March, 1934 |
743 |
565 |
7,363 |
3,735 |
32,327 |
|
7 months ended 31st Oct., 1934 |
439 |
336 |
4,397 |
2,199 |
4,337 |
The total value and the total amount of duty collected in respect of bottles liable to the duty imposed by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 17) Order, 1933, as from 1st November, 1933, and continued by Section 5 of the Finance (Customs and Excise Duties) Act, 1933, as from 24th November, 1933, was £60 16s. 3d. and £53 1s. 4d., respectively, during the year ended 31st March, 1934. There was no duty collected on this account during the seven months ended 31st October, 1934.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the total value of the various different groups of articles upon which a Customs duty or an increased Customs duty is intended to be imposed by Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 61) Order, 1934, imported into Saorstát Eireann during (1) the twelve months ended 31st December, 1933, and (2) the twelve months ended 31st December, 1934, or such latest period for which the information is available, and the principal countries of origin; if he will state the Customs duty, if any, previously borne by these articles and the Customs duty which it is now proposed they shall bear; and if he will state the total amount of Customs duty, if any, collected on the import of these various articles during (1) the twelve months ended 31st December, 1933, and (2) the twelve months ended 31st December, 1934.
Prior to 23rd January, 1935, the various groups of articles covered by Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 61) Order, 1935, viz.:— Infants' boots and shoes—were not liable to any duty of Customs. It has been ascertained, however, from the Department of Industry and Commerce that the value of the imports into Saorstát Eireann during the years ended 31st December, 1933, and 1934, was £32,371 and £28,916, respectively.
The country of origin of the majority of the infants' boots and shoes of leather imported was Great Britain, but detailed information as regards the countries of origin for all the articles referred to could only be obtained as a result of a scrutiny of the actual import documents, which would involve a considerable expenditure of time and labour, and the results could hardly be regarded as conclusive as the exact country of origin might not be always indicated.
The Customs duties to which the goods in question are now liable are those set out in the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1934, reference Nos. 1 to 6.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the total value of satchels intended to be covered by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 62) Order, 1934, imported into Saorstát Eireann during (1) the twelve months ended 31st December, 1933, and (2) the twelve months ended 31st December, 1934, and the principal countries of origin; whether the duty of 20 per cent. imposed by the Order is a new duty; and, if not, what was the amount of the previous duty; the total revenue which it is anticipated will be received as a result of this duty on these articles during the first twelve months following the date of coming into operation of the Order.
The articles in question were not liable to duty prior to the date of operation of Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 62) Order, 1935, viz. 23rd January, 1935. Separate statistics of the imports thereof were not kept up to that date, and it is not possible, therefore, to furnish the information sought regarding values and countries of origin.
It is expected that the yield of revenue from imports of these articles during the first year of the operation of this duty will be negligible.