§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish figures showing the volume of monthly importing into the United Kingdom of sawmilled and pulped timber from the Republic of Ireland over the past two years.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe information is as follows:
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(i)The cumulative total of imports in each year was:
Sawn wood: 1979—13,035 tonnes, 1980—14,763 tonnes;
Wood pulp: 1979—34,354 tonnes, 1980—28,869 tonnes.
(ii)Discrepancies between the sum of figures for individual months and the corresponding cumulative totals are due to the incorporation in the latter of subsequent corrections. Figures for recent months in particular should not be regarded as definitive.
(iii)Figures correspond to SITC(R2) Groups 248 and 251 (excluding Sub-group 251.1 and Item 251.92) of the Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.