HC Deb 06 December 1978 vol 959 cc710-1W
Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if the cargo carried by Ugandan Airways to and from Stansted airport since 1st August is on record; and, if so, if he will list it in detail;

(2) what is the value of the cargo of each flight made by Ugandan Airways to and from Stansted airport since 1st August.

Mr. Meacher:

Information on the value of the cargo carried on individual flights is not available, and it would entail undue expense to compile a detailed list of the cargo carried on all flights since 1st August. The information provided by the Overseas Trade Statistics on United Kingdom trade by air with

SITC(R2) Description and Division No. value (£) Exports fob
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products (54) … … 235,472
Professional, Scientific and Controlling Instruments and Apparatus (87) … … 221,690
Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Appliances etc. (77) … … 177,454
Machinery Specialised for Particular Industries (72) … … 141,646
Road Vehicles (78) … … 140,343
Power Generating Machinery and Equipment (71) … … 76,109
General Industrial Machinery and Equipment (74) … … 75,901
Transport Equipment other than Road Vehicles (79) … … 73,341
Manufactures of Metal NES (69) … … 68,211
Beverages (11) … … 51,327
Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories (84) … … 50,451
Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles NES (89) … … 44,757
Rubber Manufactures (62) … … 39,143
Photographic Equipment, Optical Goods, Watches and Clocks (88) … … 25,769
Telecommunications, Sound Recording and Reproducing Equipment (76) … … 24,784
Paper, Paperboard and Manufactures thereof (64) … … 23,152
Textile Yarns, Fabrics and Made Up Articles (65) … … 19,362
Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures (66) … … 11,905
Dyeing, Tanning and Colouring Materials (53) … … 9,791
Office Machines and Automatic Data Processing Equipment (75) … … 9,075
Essential Oils, Perfume Materials and Toilet Preparations etc. (55) … … 6,621
Non-ferrous Metals (68) … … 5,924
Footwear (85) … … 5,218
Chemical Materials and Products (59) … … 4,252
Metalworking Machinery (73) … … 3,391
Inorganic Chemicals (52) … … 1,400
Sugar, Sugar Preparations and Honey (06) … … 1,339
Miscellaneous Edible Products and Preparations (09) … … 578
Furniture and Parts thereof (82) … … 477
Crude Animal and Vegetable Materials (29) … … 388
Organic Chemicals (51) … … 349
Crude Fertilisers and Minerals (27) … … 322
Wood and Cork Manufactures (63) … … 156
Total … … 1,550,098
SITC(R2) Description and Division No. Imports cif
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Spices and Manufactures thereof (07) … … 816,995
Transport Equipment other than Road Vehicles (79) … … 32,896
Paper, Paperboard and Manufactures thereof (64) … … 18,000
Manufactures of Metal NES (69) … … 13,913
Crude Animal and Vegetable Materials (29) … … 4,800
Telecommunications, Sound Recording and Reproducing Equipment (76) … … 3,000
General Industrial Machinery and Equipment (74) … … 1,560
Fruit and Vegetables (05) … … 155
Total … … 891,319
Note: It is believed that the bulk of this trade was carried by Ugandan Airways from or to Stansted airport.