§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give, for the latest available years, details of imports into the United Kingdom by quantity and country of origin, of silicon carbide, ferro-chrome, ferro-silicon, refined lead, zinc and aluminium.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantInformation up to 1969 is published in Volume II of the Annual Statement of Trade of the United Kingdom. Imports of aluminium and zinc in 1970 are shown in the Table III 329W of the Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom for December 1970. For the remaining items, imports in 1970 were as follows:
Silicon carbide cwts. Total imports of which: 398,087 Norway 332,168 Switzerland 8,726 Western Germany 14,793 Belgium 2,262 Luxembourg 2,395 France 1,316 Italy 28,802 U.S.A. 5,996 Other countries 1,629 Ferro-chromium tons Total imports of which: 68,966 Sweden 10,723 Norway 10,901 Western Germany 5,384 Netherlands 1,295 France 1,097 Czechoslovakia 4,830 U.S.A. 6,393 Turkey 2,170 Yugoslavia 2,366 Spain 3,246 Soviet Union 4,966 Republic of South Africa 11,694 Other countries 3,901 Ferro-silicon tons Total imports of which: 122,837 Norway 69,173 Soviet Union 6,498 Canada 26,837 Other countries 20,329 Unwrought lead, other than bullion lead or lead alloys, containing less than 12 per cent. by weight of tin cwts. Total imports of which: 1,913,802 Irish Republic 6,810 U.S.A. 3,194 South West Africa Territory. 151,253 Australia 939,392 Canada 806,653 Other countries 6,500 NOTE. The countries are not necessarily those of origin as particulars in the import statistics relate to countries from which goods are consigned.