HL Deb 28 September 1976 vol 374 c390WA
Lord IRONSIDE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the total imports and exports in the year ending December 1975, or the latest 12 month period for which figures are available, of the following goods:

  1. (1) battery powered electric road vehicles;
  2. (2) electric industrial trucks.

Lord ORAM

Battery powered electric road vehicles are not separately distinguished in the Overseas Trade Statistics. In the 12 months ending August 1976, 3,222 electric fork-lift and similar trucks were imported at a value of £6.6 million c.i.f. and 5,301 were exported at a value of £20.8 million f.o.b. These figures exclude a very small number of specially designed electric trucks, which are not shown separately.

House adjourned at five minutes past one o'clock.