ANNEX I
Table 1b Duty paid imports of beer brought
into the UK
| Year | Van trade
(heavily-laden)
(000) hls
| All other
passengers
(000) hls
| Total
volume
(000) hls |
| 1990 | NA | 732
| 732 |
| 1991 | NA | 829
| 829 |
| 1992 | NA | 927
| 927 |
| 1993 | 600 | 1,345
| 1,946 |
| 1994 | 728 | 1,415
| 2,143 |
| 1995 | 729 | 1,668
| 2,396 |
| 1996 | 875 | 2,001
| 2,876 |
| 1997 | 825 | 2,196
| 3,020 |
| 1998 | 772 | 1,938
| 2,709 |
| 1999 | 849 | 1,853
| 2,702 |
| 2000 | 566 | 1,941
| 2,507 |
| 2001 | 107 | 1,870
| 1,977 |
| 2002 | 107 | 1,369
| 1,476 |
| 2003 | 107 | 1,624
| 1,731 |
| | |
|
Note: These figures exclude duty-free purchases and
smuggling in large freight consignment. Included is beer bought
on-board ferries and at the Eurotunnel terminal post duty-free
(from July 1999).
Table 2 Beer imports into France and the UK
| Beer imports into France
| | | | Beer imports into UK
| |
| French
import stats
000 Hls
| UK
export stats
000 Hls |
Diff
000 Hls | French
export stats
000 Hls
| UK
import stats
000 Hls |
Diff
000 Hls |
| 1984 | 14 | 15
| -1 | 18 | 19 |
-2 |
| 1985 | 14 | 18
| -4 | 26 | 21 |
5 |
| 1986 | 15 | 15
| 0 | 24 | 23 |
1 |
| 1987 | 21 | 14
| 7 | 28 | 23 |
5 |
| 1988 | 14 | 16
| -2 | 34 | 35 |
-1 |
| 1989 | 16 | 23
| -7 | 56 | 62 |
-6 |
| 1990 | 16 | 26
| -10 | 87 | 93
| -6 |
| 1991 | 20 | 25
| -5 | 137 | 131
| 5 |
| 1992 | 18 | 29
| -11 | 237 | 245
| -8 |
| 1993 | 42 | 36
| 6 | 364 | 299
| 65 |
| 1994 | 148 | 322
| -174 | 556 | 504
| 52 |
| 1995 | 313 | 301
| 12 | 747 | 485
| 262 |
| 1996 | 782 | 838
| -56 | 1,121 | 608
| 513 |
| 1997 | 457 | 525
| -68 | 1,495 | 1,070
| 425 |
| 1998 | 883 | 915
| -32 | 1,722 | 1,088
| 634 |
| 1999 | 597 | 906
| -309 | 1,252 | 1,089
| 163 |
| 2000 | 311 | 700
| -389 | 1,004 | 715
| 289 |
| 2001 | 341 | 487
| -146 | 993 | 741
| 252 |
| 2002 | 345 | 609
| -264 | 964 | 627
| 337 |
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Source: HMC&E, French Customs,Eurostat
Table 3 Beer exports and imports
| Beer exports: UK to USA
| | | | Beer imports: Germany to UK
| |
| USA
import stats
000 Hls
| UK
export stats
000 Hls |
Diff
000 Hls | German
export stats
000 Hls
| UK
import stats
000 Hls |
Diff
000 Hls |
| 1998 | 1,051 | 1,354
| -303 | 1,252 | 1,264
| -12 |
| 1999 | 1,141 | 1,421
| -280 | 1,151 | 814
| 337 |
| 2000 | 1,250 | 1,640
| -390 | 1,334 | 1,077
| 257 |
| 2001 | 1,218 | 1,369
| -151 | 1,524 | 1,083
| 441 |
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Source: Global Trade Information Services Inc. (May '02)
Table 5 Changes in beer duty rates (local currency) since
the start of the single market
| Finland | Ireland | UK
| Sweden | Denmark |
| -39% | -7% | +28%
| -35% | -36% |
| November 2004 | |
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