§ 90. Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value of fabricated vessels, heat exchangers, and other equipment for the chemical and power industries imported during the last three months from Italy and other European countries.
§ Mr. DarlingSuch information as is available is in tabular form and is as follows:
IMPORTS (C.I.F.) OF HEAT EXCHANGERS, ETC. NOVEMBER, 1966—JANUARY, 1967 Import Classification Code * 71101
† 71104
‡ 71909
(1966)
71871
(1967)
Country £ £ £ World 164,226 244,039 2,380,364 Irish Republic 1,845 211 18,709 Finland 91 233 400 Sweden 3,906 87,825 145,574 Norway 412 3,125 3,340 Denmark 10,191 — 154,396 Germany, West 29,754 100,505 561,743 Netherlands 10,327 26,944 198,642 Belgium 663 15,784 181,115 France 1,307 41 279,370 Switzerland 7,356 598 64,911 Italy 50,453 — 410,228 Germany, East — — 7,330 Portugal — — 16 Spain — — 660 Liechtenstein — — 26,286 Austria — — 19,615 Yugoslavia — — 1,207 Cyprus — — 40 Rumania — — 1,805 Rest of World 47,921 8,773 304,977 * Steam and other vapour generating boilers (excluding central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam). † Auxiliary plant for use with steam and other vapour generating boilers (e.g. economisers, superheaters, soot removers, gas recoverers and the like); condensers for vapour engines and power units. ‡ Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equipment for the treatment of material by a process involving a change of temperature, etc.— other The information given below is in respect of equipment which includes heat exchangers. Imports for particular industries are not distinguished in the trade statistics, No information in respect of 274W fabricated vessels and other equipment can be given since these descriptions are insufficiently precise to enable them to be related to headings in the Statistical Classification for Imported Goods.