§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the value of trade between the United Kingdom and Kasakhstan; and what is his estimate of the value of trade between each EC member state and Kasakhstan.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is as follows:
EC trade with kasakhstan January to June 1992 Exports £000s Imports £000s Belgium/Luxembourg 1,461 710 Denmark 625 6 France n.a. n.a. Germany 5,078 2,473 Greece n.a. n.a. Italy n.a. n.a. Netherlands 124 0 Portugal n.a. n.a. Spain 0 109 United Kingdom n.a. n.a. EC Total 7,289 3,298 Source: Eurostat: External Trade and Balance of Payments.
Note: Imports on a CIF basis, Exports FOB.
Totals may not equal sum of components due to rounding.
Only a limited number of countries report separately trade with the former Soviet republics. Prior to January 1992, trade with Kasakhstan was reported as trade with the former Soviet Union as a whole.
The United Kingdom will be collecting data on trade with Kasakhstan from January 1993.
Data are supplied on an ecu basis and have been converted into pounds sterling.