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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-04more like thismore than 2019-02-04
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Falkland Islands: Exports more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the Falkland Islands fishery exports to EU27 markets if World Trade Organisation tariffs were imposed; whether they estimate that there would be an annual loss to that industry; and if so, what they estimate such a loss would be. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Jones of Cheltenham remove filter
uin HL13403 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-13more like thismore than 2019-02-13
answer text <p>​The majority of the Falklands' fisheries exports consists of Loligo squid. The EU's non-preferential import duty on such squid stands at six per cent. A small proportion of the Falkland Islands' other fisheries exports may face duties of up to 18 per cent. Such tariffs could, according to the Falkland Islands' own calculations, result in reduced profits to the industry of between £6 million and £9 million, depending on whether or not the industry passed the cost of the tariff onto the consumer or absorbed the cost of the tariff.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon remove filter
question first answered
less than 2019-02-13T13:31:58.4Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-13T13:31:58.4Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
248
label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham more like this