§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the last financial year for which figures are available and in each case estimating the financial sums involved, if he will list(a) the top 10 companies by volume of exports from Great Britain to
UK trade with Republic of Ireland 1998–Top 10 products SIT Description £ million UK Exports C 75 Office machines and ADP equipment 988 77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, nes and electrical parts 907 78 Road vehicles 563 84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 445 72 Specialised industrial machinery 346 64 Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, etc. 341 76 Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus 331 69 Manufactures of metal nes 309 74 General industrial machinery and equipment, nes and machine parts nes 293 54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 285 Others >4,916 Total 9,724 UK Imports C 75 Office machines and ADP equipment >1,447 51 Organic chemicals 813 76 Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus 463 09 Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 416 54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 357 77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, nes and electrical parts 357 02 Dairy products and birds' eggs 320 01 Meat and meat preparations 282 11 Beverages 176 65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, nes 165 Others 2,861 Total 7,655 Source:
HM Customs and Excise