HC Deb 05 November 1991 vol 198 cc64-5W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state the value and volume of exports in each year of the 1980's of(a) beryllium, (b) polonium and (c) bismuth, specifying in each case the countries stated as the destinations of the exports.

Mr. Sainsbury

Information is given in the table. Information on polonium is not available as it is not separately identified in the overseas trade statistics. To provide country details would involve disproportionate cost.

Beryllium 1 Bismuth 2
Volume (kg) Value (£k) Total of which to EC Volume (MT) Value (£k) Total of which to EC
1983 17,898 23 0 310 1,343
1984 452 33 2 292 1,881
1985 725 44 0
1986 0 0 0
1987 13 4 3
1988 6 3 3 566 4,270 2,109
1989 0 0 0 413 3,419 2,135
1 As defined by code 689.91 of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC).
2 As defined by SITC Code 689.92 for 1988–89 and Combined Nomenclature Code 810411 (part of SITC 689.99) for 1980–87. …= not available.

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics