| Short Title: | Duties on East India Goods Act 1707[1] |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Long Title: | Act for better Securing the Duties of East India Goods. |
| Year: | 1707 |
| Citation: | 6 Ann. c. 37(Ruffhead c. 3) |
| Territorial Extent: | England and Wales, Scotland |
| Royal Assent: | 18 December 1707 |
| Related Legislation: | East India Company Act 1697 9 Will. c. 44 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 |
| Status: | Repealed |
The Duties on East India Goods Act 1707[1] (6 Ann. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
The Act was considered by a committee of the House of Lords on 15 December 1707, after which Lord Herbert reported that it was "fit to pass, without any Amendment", which was then done.[2] It received royal assent on 18 December 1707.[3]
The act extended the monopoly of the English East India Company across Scotland thus encompassing the whole of the new United Kingdom. Thus this corporation based in the City of London was able to enjoy a set of privileges which enabled it, rather than private British subjects, to dominate trade in half of the emerging British Empire.[3]