asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state for each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, and for the nine months ended 30th September, 1937, the number and value of the imports of:—(a) combined reapers and binders, (b) hand spraying machines, (c) threshing machines, (d) grass mowers (other than lawn mowers) with or without reaping attachment, (e) ploughs (non-mechanically operated), (f) hoes and rakes with wooden handles, (g) forks—hay, manure, digging, potato, stone; (h) component parts of hay forks, (i) forks, other sorts, with wooden handles; (j) forks, other sorts—component parts; (k) mattocks with wooden handles, (l) pickaxes with wooden handles, (m) scythes, (n) blades or heads of scythes, (o) scythe mountings, (p) sickles, slashers or slash hooks, billhooks and hay-knives; (q) blades or heads of sickles, slashers, etc.; (r) spades and shovels, liable to duty; (s) spades and shovels, not liable to duty; (t) component parts of spades or shovels, liable to duty, and (u) component parts of spades or shovels, not liable to duty.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Machinery and Implements.
The following is the information required in so far as it is available:—
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Description |
NUMBER |
VALUE |
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1931 |
1932 |
1933 |
1934 |
1935 |
1936 |
9 months Jan.-Sept. 1937 |
1931 |
1932 |
1933 |
1934 |
1935 |
1936 |
9 months Jan.-Sept. 1937 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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|
Combined reapers and binders |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
47 |
113 |
114 |
12 |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
1,989 |
5,231 |
5,062 |
835 |
|
Hand spraying machines |
(b) |
(b) |
2,307 |
1,688 |
2,909 |
2,270 |
4,650 |
(b) |
(b) |
3,965 |
4,259 |
5,050 |
4,456 |
7,838 |
|
Threshing machines |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
55 |
72 |
154 |
107 |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
8,580 |
13,028 |
30,643 |
22,312 |
|
Grass mowers (except lawn mowers), with or without reaping attachments |
— |
(c) 143 |
14 |
96 |
210 |
385 |
548 |
— |
(c) 2,627 |
246 |
1,453 |
2,845 |
6,787 |
9,418 |
|
Ploughs, not power operated |
1,473 |
738 |
47 |
144 |
330 |
422 |
195 |
9,259 |
4,498 |
294 |
805 |
1,741 |
2,629 |
1,281 |
|
Forks—hay, manure, digging, potato, stone |
— |
— |
— |
(d) 7,193 |
49,420 |
41,752 |
42,554 |
— |
— |
— |
(d) 707 |
4,230 |
4,260 |
4,340 |
|
Component parts of hay forks, etc., not elsewhere specified or included |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
596 |
1,308 |
769 |
446 |
|
Forks, other sorts, with wooden handles |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(e) 2,727 |
5,041 |
2,103 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(e) 260 |
182 |
|
|
Forks, other sorts—component parts, not elsewhere specified or included |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(f) |
(f) |
(f) |
(f) |
(f) |
922 |
343 |
|
Mattocks with wooden handles |
(b) |
(b) |
36 |
29 |
108 |
17 |
22 |
(b) |
(b) |
5 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
|
Pickaxes with wooden handles |
(b) |
(b) |
13 |
147 |
65 |
45 |
54 |
(b) |
(b) |
3 |
14 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
|
Scythes |
73,520 |
63,406 |
75,598 |
44,001 |
54,652 |
40,740 |
38,939 |
18,446 |
15,777 |
18,167 |
7,735 |
10,732 |
8,510 |
8,513 |
|
Blades or heads of scythes |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(g) 184 |
2,267 |
790 |
1,502 |
|
Scythe mountings |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(h) 26 |
25 |
41 |
|
Sickle, slashers or slash hooks bill-hooks and hay knives |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
11,088 |
14,973 |
23,801 |
19,433 |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
1,006 |
1,334 |
1,839 |
1,758 |
|
Blades or heads of sickles, slashers, etc. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
3 |
87 |
4 |
22 |
|
Spades and shovels, liable to duty |
(b) |
(b) |
42,159 |
30,649 |
28,072 |
33,121 |
29,903 |
(b) |
(b) |
4,007 |
3,217 |
3,339 |
3,740 |
3,308 |
|
Spades and shovels not liable to duty |
(b) |
(b) |
60,815 |
63,690 |
61,625 |
65,663 |
48,941 |
(b) |
(b) |
896 |
1,044 |
772 |
928 |
795 |
|
Component parts of spades or shovels, not elsewhere specified, liable to duty |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(i) 129 |
96 |
971 |
636 |
918 |
1,020 |
|
Component parts of spades or shovels, not elsewhere specified, not liable to duty |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(i) — |
— |
476 |
2 |
34 |
4 |
|
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1934. |
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1933. |
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1936. |
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June, 1932. |
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May, 1932. |
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state for each of the years 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, and for the nine months ended 30th September, 1937, the amount, if any, of the Customs duties paid on each of the following imports:—(a) combined reapers and binders, (b) hand spraying machines, (c) threshing machines, (d) grass mowers (other than lawn mowers), with or without reaping attachment; (e) ploughs (non-mechanically operated), (f) hoes and rakes with wooden handles, (g) forks-hay, manure, digging, potato, stone; (h) component parts of hay forks, (i) forks, other sorts, with wooden handles; (j) forks, other sorts—component parts; (k) mattocks with wooden handles, (l) pickaxes with wooden handles, (m) scythes, (n) blades or heads of scythes, (o) scythe mountings, (p) sickles, slashers or slash hooks, billhooks and hay-knives; (q) blades or heads of sickles, slashers, etc.; (r) spades and shovels, (s) component parts of spades and shovels.
If the Deputy will repeat the question in a week's time, I hope that the information will be then available.