§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Prime Minister what information he has on the comparative sales of machine tools to Iraq from(a) the United Kingdom, (b) the United States of America, (c) France, (d) Italy and (e) COMECON countries in 1987, 1988 and 1989.
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 24 November 1992]: The information requested for the first four countries is set out in the following table:
US $000s SITC (Standard International Trade Classification) Code United Kingdom United States of America France Italy 1987 728.1 359 116 63 208 7361 5,130 33 1,161 5,224 Total 5,489 149 1,224 5,432 1988 728.1 529 168 111 1,287 731 53,951 n/a 239 10,920 733 2,160 n/a 5,922 7,306 735 6,436 n/a 4,711 2,754 Total 63,076 168 10,983 22,267 1989 728.1 991 43 61 1,601 731 18,990 2,272 609 1,545 733 1,208 1,857 1,385 6,890 735 3,138 7,080 2,637 4,391 Total 24,327 11,252 4,692 14,427
Code Description 728.1 Machine tools specialised for particular industries. 731 Machine tools operated by laser or other light beam process. 733 Forging or die-stamping machines (including presses) and hammers. 735 Tool holders and self opening dieheads. 736 Metal working machine tools. 1 Replaced by codes 731, 733 and 735 from 1988 onwards. Source: OECD.
The corresponding information for COMECON countries is not available.