HC Deb 02 March 1988 vol 128 c577W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in theOfficial Report tables setting out United Kingdom imports and exports of (a) cement and (b) precast concrete products over the past five years.

Mr. Trippier

The information is as follows.

Cement
1Imports 2Exports
Tonnes Value Tonnes Value
000 £000 000 £000
1983 430.0 15,329 393.1 16,434
1984 500.5 17,726 127.2 11,285
1985 618.9 23,668 113.5 12,059
1986 650.2 29,331 107.5 12,288
1987 978.3 37,013 96.0 11,841

Articles of Cement, Concrete and Artifical Stone
1Imports 2Exports
Tonnes Value Tonnes Value
000 £000 000 £000
1983 28.2 5,033 97.3 8,086
1984 77.0 8,863 93.3 8,090
1985 35.0 6,353 72.6 8,655
1986 48.3 8,694 69.9 5,746
1987 61.3 11,095 81.4 6,928
1 Imports C.I.F.
2 Exports F.O.B

Source:

Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom

Standard International Trade Codes 661.2 and 663.32