§ Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will give a breakdown of the 92 per cent. of imported wood products between (a) raw timber, (b) thorn wood, (c) pulp, (d) paper and (e) other products and gibe the percentage of the sources of each category.
§ Mr. Parkinson[pursuant to his reply, 10 April 1981, c. 388]: I have interpreted "thorn wood" as a reference to "sawn-wood". The best available information, which is partially estimated, is as follows:
Table 1 Volume of United Kingdom Imports of wood and wood products 1979 Millions of cubic metres of wood raw material equivalent imports Imports as a percentage of total imports Wood 14.1 34 Round 0.4 1 Sawn 13.7 33 Pulp 11.6 28 Panel products 4.8 12 Paper 10.8 26 Total 41.4 100 Source: OTS, plus FAO conversion factors.
Note:All volumes underbark.
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Table 2 Top five sources of imports of wood and wood products: 1979: by volume Product and country Percentage of total imports of product Roundwood Ivory Coast 26.4
Product and country Percentage of total imports of product USSR 25.1 Liberia 12.4 Finland 10.2 Cameroon 4.4 Other 21.5 Sawnwood Canada 19.1 Sweden 18.8 Finland 17.8 USSR 14.9 Portugal 5.8 Other 23.6 Panel products Finland 13.6 Sweden 11.1 Belgium/Luxembourg 9.8 Canada 6.3 Germany, FR of 4.9 Other 54.2 Pulp Sweden 25.7 Canada 17.8 USA 14.0 Finland 13.5 Norway 8.8 Other 20.2 Paper Finland 29.9 Sweden 23.8 Canada 14.7 USA 7.1 Norway 6.9 Other 17.6