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Mr. Mike O'Brien
1. The Value of export credits for Iran since 1996 is as follows:
|
Value of Export Credits £ thousand |
| 1996 |
0 |
| 1997 |
0 |
| 1998 |
150 |
| 1999 |
0 |
| 2000 |
0 |
| 2001 |
38,217 |
| 2002 |
75,692 |
| 2003 |
83,203 |
2. The main trade products between Iran and the UK up to 2002 are as follows:
| UK trade in goods with Iran, 1996– 2002 |
| Main Products |
| UK Exports *SITC |
| 1996 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
74 General industrial machinery & machine parts *nes |
65.6 |
| 2 |
78 Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles) |
40.6 |
| 3 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
37.9 |
| 4 |
59 Chemical materials and products nes |
33.7 |
| 5 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
26.1 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
396.6 |
| 1997 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
74 General industrial machinery & machine parts nes |
64.7 |
| 2 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
55.9 |
| 3 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
36.3 |
| 4 |
59 Chemical materials and products nes |
33.5 |
| 5 |
87 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments nes |
31.2 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
402.6 |
| 1998 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
58.9 |
| 2 |
74 General industrial machinery & machine parts nes |
54.2 |
| 3 |
59 Chemical materials and products nes |
34.1 |
| 4 |
78 Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles) |
30.0 |
| 5 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
27.0 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
330.9 |
14WS
| 1999 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
74 General industrial machinery & machine parts nes |
43.3 |
| 2 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
27.2 |
| 3 |
59 Chemical materials and products nes |
23.2 |
| 4 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
20.3 |
| 5 |
77 Electrical machinary, apparatus and appliances nes |
19.3 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
244.9 |
| 2000 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
74 General industrial machinery & machine parts nes |
62.4 |
| 2 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
36.7 |
| 3 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
34.9 |
| 4 |
87 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments nes |
22.9 |
| 5 |
78 Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles) |
19.1 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
296.1 |
| 2001 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
74 General industrial machinery &machine parts nes |
95.5 |
| 2 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
67.1 |
| 3 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
44.5 |
| 4 |
87 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments nes |
35.2 |
| 5 |
54 Medical and pharmaceutical products |
23.9 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
430.8 |
| 2002 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
74 General industrial machinery & machine parts nes |
71.7 |
| 2 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
66.7 |
| 3 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
56.8 |
| 4 |
87 Professional, scientific and controlling industruments nes |
40.0 |
| 5 |
54 Medical and pharmaceutical products |
22.6 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
401.7 |
| 1996 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
33 petroleum, petroleum products and related materials |
86.3 |
| 2 |
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles nes and related products |
9.9 |
| 3 |
05 Vegetables and fruit Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aq |
7.2 |
| 4 |
03 invertebrates etc. |
2.8 |
| 5 |
28 Metalliferous ores & metal scrap |
2.5 |
| Total Exports (incl. top five exports as listed above) |
118.8 |
15WS
| 1997 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles nes and related products |
9.9 |
| 2 |
67 Iron & steel |
6.2 |
| 3 |
05 Vegetables and fruit |
5.3 |
| 4 |
28 Metalliferous ores & metal scrap |
2.4 |
| 5 |
26 Textile fibres (and their wastes) |
1.5 |
| Total Import (incl. top five Import as listed
above) |
36.2 |
| 1998 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles nes and related products |
7.8 |
| 2 |
05 Vegetables and fruit |
4.3 |
| 3 |
67 Iron & steel |
3.2 |
| 4 |
33 Petroleum. petroleum products and related materials |
3.0 |
| 5 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
2.9 |
| Total Imports (incl. top five imports as listed above) |
36.1 |
| 1999 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
05 Vegetables and fruit |
9.6 |
| 2 |
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles nes and related products |
7.3 |
| 3 |
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries |
2.4 |
| 4 |
69 Manufactures of metal nes Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aq |
2.1 |
| 5 |
03 invertebrates etc |
2.0 |
| Total Imports (incl. top five imports as listed above) |
36.5 |
| 2000 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles nes and related products |
7.7 |
| 2 |
05 Vegetables and fruit |
4.3 |
| 3 |
69 Manufactures of metal nes |
3.0 |
| 4 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
2.4 |
| 5 |
91 Postal packages not classified according to kind |
2.2 |
| Total Imports (incl. top five imports as listed above) |
33.2 |
| 2001 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles nes and related products |
6.1 |
| 2 |
05 Vegetables and fruit |
5.5 |
| 3 |
91 Postal packages not classified according to kind |
3.0 |
| 4 |
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes |
2.4 |
| 5 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
2.0 |
| Total Imports (incl. top five imports as listed above) |
29.6 |
| 2002 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 1 |
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles nes and related products |
6.0 |
| 2 |
05 Vegetables and fruit |
5.2 |
| 3 |
71 Power generating machinery and equipment |
3.9 |
16WS
| 2002 |
Division Product |
Value £ million |
| 4 |
91 Postal packages not classified according to kind |
3.4 |
| 5 |
67 Iron & steel |
2.5 |
| Total Imports (incl. top five imports as listed above) |
35.9 |
Note:
The main products are defined in terms of Divisions of the Standard International Trade
Classification (*SITC), Revision 3.
*nes = not elsewhere specified
Source:
DTI analysis of data published by HM Customs and Excise