§ Mr. Normantonasked the Minister for Trade whether he will give urgent consideration to facilitating the opening of a scheduled air service between London and St. Kitts to be operated either by British Airways or by British West Indian Airways.
§ Mr. SproatThe opening of a direct scheduled air service between London and St. Kitts—which, for air
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European Community countries' imports from Argentina in 1980 US$ thousand. SITC Divisions Bel/Lux Denmark France Germany Ireland Italy Netherlands United Kingdom Greece 00 — — 11 89 71 202 — 518 — 01 31,828 66 64,578 156,154 — 42,450 56,203 117,531 43,984 02 — — — — — 2 — — — 03 622 708 10,325 15,052 36 9,372 230 2,279 1930 04 6,792 2,924 6,160 9,975 5 83,208 11,953 787 — 05 1,947 475 24,991 49,928 130 25,408 47,132 3,008 469 06 276 571 190 8,934 520 6,185 467 1,714 — 07 69 — 86 318 21 56 3,153 5,950 31 08 27,834 113,214 62,442 84,258 1,710 42,079 97,468 3,932 — 09 — — 4 5 — 1 — 25 65 11 154 — 35 399 — 11 30 381 — 12 4,237 2 7,178 12,701 108 20 5,236 2,389 — 21 241 — 3,383 2,570 — 12,283 386 232 196 22 12,404 12,186 22,297 156,385 — 93,694 82,794 21,119 — 23 14 — — 400 — 7 27 — — 24 — — — 84 — 53 — 6 8 25 — — — 165 — 68 187 — — 26 11,225 407 26,054 32,963 182 28,661 1,667 22,549 2,436 27 — — 123 307 — 2,343 — 277 186 28 5,007 — 17 9 — 1 — 15,564 — 29 1,032 34 2,513 12,849 34 11,149 122 2,294 — 32 — — — — — — — — — 33 22,443 4,097 — 22,712 — 3,395 70,467 — — 34 — — — — — — — — — 35 — — — — — — — — — 41 — — 126 7 — — — — — 42 16,160 361 22,839 30,619 456 18,414 22,255 6,299 1,076 43 — 18 — 1,875 — 44 730 7 — 51 4,798 711 1,641 4,853 — 2,148 8,463 161 — 52 — — — 15,410 — 18 — 3 — 53 311 65 2,655 1,544 — 6,016 517 577 887 54 64 77 498 4,792 — 574 2,761 13 3 55 — — 1,043 773 — 3 107 1,574 — 56 — — — — — — — — — 57 — — — 1 — — — — — 58 1 — 803 895 — 206 727 201 — 59 337 — 523 96 — 143 1,217 143 225 61 1,499 1,249 17,821 41,880 1,597 50,776 11,354 12,853 43 62 1 22 2 — — 6 — 6 1 63 — — — — — 3 — — — 64 671 — 1 1,623 — 10 60 1,311 — services purposes, is British territory—by British Airways is largely a matter for the commercial judgment of the airline. I understand that at present this is not seen as a commercially attractive venture, but that the matter is being kept under review. The operation of such a service by a non-British airline such as British West Indian Airways is, however, a different matter. Apart from the very real objections in principle to allowing a non-British carrier traffic rights between two "British" points—and the international implications of so doing—there is also the commercial consideration that such a service would damage BA's service between London and Antigua. The Government are not prepared, therefore, to grant the necessary traffic rights to BWIA.