HC Deb 06 March 1984 vol 55 cc506-7W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a list of the four-digit headings in chapter 73 of the Brussels nomenclature which fall wholly or partly in standard industrial trade classification division 67 and in which one or more items in that division will be subject to a tariff of 10 per cent. or more on 1 January 1987, together with the value of imports of such items each year since the start of the Tokyo round and in the current year to date.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a list of the four-digit headings in chapter 73 of the Brussels nomenclature which fall wholly or partly in division 67 of the standard industrial trade classification and in which one or more of the items will be subject to a tariff of 10 per cent. or more on 1 January 1987, together with the value of imports of such items each year since the start of the Tokyo round.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The information is as follows:

list showing the four-digit headings in chapter 48 of the Brussels nomenclature which fall wholly or partly within division 64 of the standard industrial trade classification and in which one or more items in that division will be subject to a tariff of 10 per cent. or more on 1 January 1987; and if he will include the value of imports of such items each year since the start of the Tokyo round and in the current year to date.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The information is as follows:

Value of specified United Kingdom imports
(£ million cif)
1980 1981 1982 *1983
(i) Parchment, greaseproof and transparent paper and paperboard (Item 641.53) 14.3 13.9 12.4 14.9
(ii) Converted paper and paperboard (Item 641.92) 5.8 8.0 8.3 10.5
(iii) Paper and paperboard, corrugated, creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated (Sub-group 641.7) 27.2 30.0 34.1 40.0
(iv) Ruled, lined or squared paper (4807–1000) 1.1 1.8 2.4 2.6
(v) Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp (Item 641.96) 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6
(vi) Stationery of paper or paperboard (Sub-group 642.2) 8.9 9.0 13.4 15.7
(vii) Packing containers of paper or paperboard (Sub-group 642.1) 42.3 48.5 62.7 76.7
(viii) Exercise books, note books, diaries, blotting-pads etc. of paper or paperboard (Sub-group 642.3) 13.7 17.7 19.9 25.4
(ix) Articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding (Sub-group 642.8) 27.9 36.2 53.5 74.6
* Provisional.

Sources: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Tariff, Chapter 48; and United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC/R2 Groups 641 and 642.

Note: No information is yet available for the current year.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a list of the four-digit headings in chapters 31 and 36 of the Brussels nomeclature which fall wholly or partly in division 56 of the standard industrial trade classification and in which one or more of the items will be subject to a tariff of 10 per cent. or more on 1 January 1987, together with the value of imports of such items each year since the start of the Tokyo round.

Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a list showing the four-digit headings in chapter 31 of the Brussels nomenclature which fall whlly or partly within division 56 of the standard industrial trade classification and in which one or more items in that division will be subject to a tariff of 10 per cent. or more on 1 January 1987; and if he will include the value of imports of such items each year since the start of the Tokyo round and in the current year to date.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The information is as follows:

Value of specified UK imports (£ million cif)
1980 1981 1982 1983*
Urea, containing more than 45 per cent, by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product (3102–1500) 2.9 3.3 6.4 11.6
* provisional.

Sources: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Tariff, Chapters 31 and 36; and UK Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC/R2 Item 562.16 (part).

Note: No information is yet available for the current year.