HL Deb 15 April 1993 vol 544 cc89-90WA
Lord Mulley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What amounts in each year were recorded as imports and exports respectively of oil products.

Baroness Denton of Wakefield

Provisional figures on the quantities of imports and exports of petroleum products for 1992 are set out in the table below. Figures for previous years are published in Table 66 of theDigest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.

Imports and exports refined petroleum products1 in 1992
Thousand tonnes
Imports
Petroleum gases2 1,302
Motor spirit and aviation spirit 812
Other light oils and spirit3 1,976
Aviation turbine fuel (kerosene) 754
Other kerosene 104
Gas oil/diesel oil 1,278
Fuel oil4 12,160
Lubricating oil 1,291
Other 2,041
Total refined petroleum products 21,718
Exports
Petroleum gases2 2,322
Motor spirit and aviation spirit 4,503
Other light oils and spirit3 1,951
Aviation turbine fuel (kerosene) 1,096
Other kerosene 254
Gas oil/diesel oil 5,946
Fuel oil4 6,337
Lubricating oil 800
Other 748
Total refined petroleum products 23,957
1 Excluding pitch, minerals tars and natural gas.
2 May include small quantities of unidentified non-petroleum gases.

3 Including wide-cut gasoline, white spirit and petroleum naphtha.

4 Includes partly refined oil for further processing.

Source: HM Customs and Excise.