§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the value of paper machine imports into the United Kingdom for each of the last 10 years; and from which countries the imports originated;
(2) what was the value of paper machine exports from the United Kingdom for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MeacherFollowing is the information:
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TABLE 1 MACHINERY FOR MAKING OR FINISHING CELLULOSIC PULP, PAPER OR PAPERBOARD (SITC (Rev.1) 718.11 and SITC (Rev. 2) 725.10 and 725.91) £ thousand January-October 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 EXPORTS (f.o.b.) … 12,329 13,359 16,762 33,770 32,753 17,300 27,396 33,235 32,020 23,057 20,521 IMPORTS (c.i.f.) … Total … 2,594 2,550 4,399 4,666 3,869 4,832 7,826 10,100 7,550 11,861 12,205 of which consigned from: … Federal Republic of Germany … 490 447 794 1,163 815 1,392 1,871 2,757 2,338 5,262 4,110 Sweden … 714 681 1,142 637 513 831 952 1,443 1,179 1,761 2,039 United States of America … 663 570 1,253 1,173 829 577 1,757 2,533 1,550 1,209 1,859 Finland … 79 114 274 692 786 506 595 558 222 728 806 France … 68 134 80 43 61 239 559 430 449 722 482 Netherlands … 64 63 55 98 116 87 592 318 132 438 612 Italy … 6 22 3 24 60 23 158 506 522 251 513 Austria … 61 108 96 120 100 173 254 183 161 214 280 Norway … 27 44 38 59 55 152 164 121 94 190 176 Switzerland … 169 161 315 392 276 77 80 628 134 180 201 Irish Republic … 18 16 10 11 33 110 184 15 22 148 50 Brazil … — 0 — — 0 47 66 147 44 134 111 Belgium-Luxembourg … 13 15 33 67 10 47 162 58 111 110 298 Canada … 46 23 32 17 27 24 53 106 68 109 52 Denmark … 27 15 6 40 5 334 9 3 180 29 8 South Africa … 134 63 143 71 88 64 100 24 23 27 10 Japan … 2 23 15 1 0 45 0 0 15 6 187 Other countries … 13 51 110 58 95 104 270 270 306 343 411
TABLE 2 PAPER OR PAPERBOARD CUTTING MACHINES OF ALL KINDS; OTHER MACHINERY FOR MAKING UP PAPER PULP, PAPER OR PAPERBOARD (SITC (Rev.1) 718.12 and SITC (Rev. 2) 725.20 and 725.99) £ thousand January-October 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 EXPORTS (f.o.b.) … 7,588 9,697 13,051 12,373 11,781 12,854 17,618 22,580 23,125 22,679 26,031 IMPORTS (c.i.f.) … Total … 6,087 5,950 7,612 6,635 7,109 11,697 18,498 19,671 18,606 24,815 25,498 of which consigned from: … Federal Republic of Germany … 2,983 3,243 3,575 3,286 3,545 5,738 7,594 8,261 7,536 11,496 10,236 United States of America … 936 778 1,600 751 740 1,421 2,691 3,510 3,222 2,831 3,076 Switzerland … 915 838 969 1,034 1,267 1,647 2,588 3,387 2,423 2,758 4,898 Netherlands … 464 200 368 397 172 421 1,317 902 605 1,373 1,207 Japan … 1 2 11 15 23 54 88 134 90 1,133 341 Sweden … 161 155 329 362 205 248 456 459 595 1,108 989 Italy … 87 157 172 251 266 538 730 820 575 992 1,256 France … 163 73 115 104 169 301 394 541 1,408 988 1,287 Irish Republic … 22 30 36 60 274 479 476 280 967 841 641 Denmark … 40 91 36 30 35 30 109 177 177 318 255 German Democratic Republic … 15 14 52 59 18 39 74 97 141 296 188 Spain … 9 46 123 58 29 185 288 83 27 193 151 Belgium-Luxembourg … 63 114 95 93 159 205 313 302 450 139 572 Austria … 102 40 8 22 7 133 119 195 46 127 6 Finland … 26 59 21 36 49 78 877 150 39 42 69 Other countries … 100 110 102 77 151 180 384 373 305 180 326 Source:United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
Notes:
— Nil trade.
0 Trade less than £500
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