HC Deb 28 January 1991 vol 184 cc404-5W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what figures he has available for the latest period for engineering steel exports; and what were the comparable figures one year previously.

Mr. Leigh

[holding answer 25 January 1991]: "Engineering steel" has no precise definition within United Kingdom product classifications. It has been approximated in the table by the tariff codes 72.13–72.15, 72.28.30 and 72.28.60:

Engineering Steel Exports
Tonnes '000s £ million
January to November 1989 1,012 302
January to November 1990 1,231 376
Increase (per cent.) 21.6 24.6