HC Deb 24 January 1996 vol 270 cc252-3W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much chocolate and chocolate products by(a) volume and (b) value was exported from the United Kingdom to (i) other EU states and (ii) elsewhere in each of the last five years; and if he will estimate how many United Kingdom jobs depend on these exports. [9944]

Mr. Oppenehim

Information on UK exports of cocoa, chocolate and their products1 is given in the following table. In 1993, employment in the cocoa and chocolate manufacturing industry2 was 25,500 in Great Britain. Estimates are not made of the number of jobs that depend upon chocolate and cocoa exports.

UK exporters of cocoa, chocolate and their products
Thousand metric tonnes £ million
1990
EU 55.8 115.7
Others 64.9 127.0
Total 120.7 242.7
1991
EU 66.1 143.7
Others 63.6 125.3
Total 129.7 269.0
1992
EU 73.4 165.7
Others 70.7 140.3
Total 144.1 306.0
1993
EU 76.7 179.8
Others 91.5 174.2
Total 168.3 354.0
1994
EU 82.3 194.7
Others 98.9 205.8
Total 181.2 400.5

Source:

Overseas Trade Statistics of the UK.

Notes:

1Cocoa, chocolate and their products are defined as Groups 072 and 073 of the Standard International Trade Classification(Revision 3).

2 The cocoa and chocolate manufacturing industry is defined by subclass 15.84/1 of the Standard Industrial Classification (1992).