§ Mr. GallieTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the monthly cost of United Kingdom imports of timber for each month from March 1992 to March 1993.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 22 June 1993]: The available information is given in the table.
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§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 10 June 1993]: Prior to 1987 the Department did not collect details of the tonnages of chemicals discharged offshore. A trial collection of data was made in 1987 and another in 1990, but there are doubts as to the completeness of the returns for those years. The first comprehensive annual return was that for 1991 which is set out in the table; the 1992 data are currently being collated. The products covered by the return are not in general discharged to the sea except from offshore installations.
United Kingdom imports of timber1 £ thousand EC2 Non-EC Total 1992 March 10,497 66,466 76,963 April 10,606 75,053 85,659 May 9,760 76,383 86,143 June 10,508 86,998 97,506 July 10,973 82,644 93,617 August 8,069 75,624 83,693 September 10,387 77,335 87,722 October 10,351 77,720 88,071 November 9,993 78,090 88,083 December 7,281 61,550 68,831 1993 January n/a 67,742 n/a February n/a 62,220 n/a March n/a 68,775 n/a Notes:
1. Timber is defined as heading 245.01, 246, 247 and 248 of the Standard International Trade Classification (revision 3).
2. Figures for EC trade will be available later in the year.
Source: Business Monitor MM20, Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.