HC Deb 26 January 1981 vol 997 c272W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will give the figures of the amount of waste paper exported from Great Britain each month for the last two years.

Mr. Parkinson

The information is as follows:

United Kingdom Exports of Waste Paper
(tonnes)
1979 1980
January 3,079 21,744
February 3,925 22,349
March 5,430 25,284
April 5,348 20,396
May 7,172 12,816
June 5,980 12,425
July 9,036 17,032
August 8,042 11,194
September 9,971 12,606
October 13,239 24,101
November 23,705 14,816
December 21,742 15,732

(Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC (R2) 251.1.).

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