asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if the tariff of ten per cent recently reimposed on British footwear after the invocation of Article 135 of the Treaty of Accession is an ad valorem ten per cent on the full CIF import price or if it is the remaining ten per cent of the original tariff that existed at the commencement of the AIFTA agreement.
Written Answers. - Footwear Tariff.
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The 10 per cent duty on footwear imported from the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland is an ad valorem rate charged on the value for customs purposes—this value being essentially what is termed the full CIF price.