§ Vera BairdTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of imports of(a) marine products, (b) shrimp and prawns and (c) timber from Burma has been in the past five financial years; and which companies import each type of product. [179228]
1036W
§ John HealeyI refer my hon. friend to the answer I gave her on 5 March 2003,Official Report, column 1104W. The value of imports requested is shown in the table as follows.
£ million Goods Financial year Value Marine products 1999–2000 1.787 (exc shrimps and prawns)1 2000–01 3.362 2001–02 4.359 2002–03 4.082 2003–04 3.372 Shrimps and prawns2 1999–2000 2.433 2000–2001 3.324 2001–2002 3.462 2002–2003 4.025 2003–2004 1.547 Timber3 1999—2000 2.022 2000–2001 3.434 2001–2002 3.624 2002–2003 1.637 2003–2004 1.541 1 Live fish; fish and fish fillets, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates fresh, chilled, frozen, smoked, dried, salted or in brine; fish products not fit for human consumption 2 Fresh, chilled, frozen, boiled, salted, dried or in brine. 3 Rough, worked, planed, moulded etc, including plywood, fibreboard etc, but excluding made up artless of wood Source: Overseas Trade Statistics, HMCE
§ Vera BairdTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value of imports from Burma was in 2003, broken down by import. [179231]
§ John HealeyThe total value of imports from Burma in 2003, broken down by commodity is published in the Overseas Trade Statistics and is available on Customs' website www.uktradeinfo.com). It is shown in the table as follows:
Imports from Burma to the United Kingdom: General Trade: 2003 Value (£) Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 51,313,636 Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates and preparations thereof
5,881,650 Power generating machinery and equipment 1,153,475 Furniture and parts thereof, bedding, mattresses etc. 1,055,213 Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture) 998,606 Cork and wood 968,649 Vegetables and fruit 439,924 Parcel post 195,853 Miscellaneous manufactured articles not elsewhere specified 109,966 Textile yarn, fabrics, made up articles etc. 78,304 Footwear 13,983 Non-metallic mineral manufactures not elsewhere specified 13,621 General industrial machinery and equipment and machine parts not elsewhere specified 7,806 Other transport equipment 7,088 Manufactures of metal not elsewhere specified 5,793 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof 4,227 Tobacco and tobacco manufactures 1,482 Machinery specialized for particular industries 704 Elsewhere specified 625 Total 62,250,605 Source: Overseas Trade Statistics, HMCE