§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what is the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for the latest year for which figures are available; what is the balance for textiles, clothing and footwear; and if he will give the comparable figures for each year since 1970;
(2) what is the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and Denmark for the latest year for which figures are available; what is the balance for textiles, clothing and footwear; and if he will give the comparable figures for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Meacher,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th February 1978; Vol. 943, c. 371–2], gave the following information:
Following are the figures for the crude balance—exports valued f.o.b. minus imports valued c.i.f.:
issued by the Department of the Environment, the number of licences returned to that Department, and the tonnage of ivory imports accounted for by such licences;
(2) how many wild feline skins imported under Tariff Heading 43013587 595W into the United Kingdom in 1976 and in 1977 were licensed by the Department of the Environment and recorded by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise; which species of wild felines were involved; and which of these are listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;
(3) how many leopard, jaguar and ocelot skins were imported into the United Kingdom in 1976 and in 1977; and how many of the skins were covered
TABLE 3—IMPORTS OF LEOPARD, OCELOT, JAGUAR (AND CHEETAH) SKINS Number of skins Number of skins covered by actually imported Licences issued Licences returned used* 1976 1977 1976 1977 1976 1977 Leopard … … 140 2 1,338 7 159 7 Ocelot … … 9,935 8,408 25,886 14,342 7,535 8,219 Jaguar … … 200 — 345 — 112 — (Cheetah) … … 2 — — — Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics and Department of the Environment.
TABLE 4—IMPORTS OF REPTILE SKINS FROM FRANCE AND THE USSR Weight of skins and leather actually imported (in kilogrammes) Number of licences issued for import of skins France USSR France USSR January to November January to November 1976 1977 1976 1977 1976 1977 1976 1977 Raw skins, not split 25 — — — 10 10 1 — Tanned leather (not further prepared) — 455 — — Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics and Department of the Environment.
Notes to Table 4:
(i) Split reptile skins are not separately distinguished in the records of actual trade in the Overseas Trade Statistics.
(ii) Figures for imports of reptile leather, tanned but not further prepared, are given in the table, but not for other forms of reptile leather.
(iii) Used import licences returned to date indicate that one skin was imported from France in 1976 and 42 in 1977, but none from the USSR in either year.
(iv) Import licences for reptile skins may be expressed in terms of number, length or area.
General Note:
* Statistics derived from returned import licences relate to the year in which the importation took place, and for 1977 include only information on licences returned to date.