§ Sir Nigel Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish a table showing from which countries the United Kingdom imports chrome, the percentage of the United Kingdom's supplies from each of these countries and from which countries chrome could be imported, with an estimate of the likely volume of such imports.
§ Mr. MeacherIn 1975 chromium ores and concentrates were imported from the following countries:
Percentage of total imports (by quantity) South Africa 56 Philippines 37 United States of America 3 Cyprus 3 Finland 1 Chromium ores and concentrates are produced in a number of other countries, but importers may be expected to buy from the most advantageous source available to them.