§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library details of the volume and value of(a) anthracite coal, (b) bituminous coal and (c) other coal, imported through the port of Cardiff for each month since January 1986, separately distinguishing the countries of origin.
§ Mr. PortilloThe data readily available are as follows:
Imports of coal through the port of Cardiff Tonnes 000s Value £ million 1986 January to March 47.0 2.00 April to June 57.0 2.37 July to September 78.0 3.29 October to December 75.0 3.36 1987 January to June 96.0 3.85 July to December 125.6 4.81 1988 January to June 145.6 5.10 July to December 148.2 7.72 1989 January to March 99.0 3.85 For more detailed information the hon. Member should contact a marketing agent of Customs and Excise data. A list of these agents is given in Business Monitor MM20 "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom" or in "The Integrated Tariff of the United Kingdom", copies of which are in the Library.