HC Deb 01 August 1980 vol 989 c880W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what types of wood were imported into the United Kingdom from each of the following countries in 1979; what was the weight of each type from each country; and what was the value of each type from each country: the United States of America, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, West Germany and Switzerland.

Mr. Parkinson

[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1980, c. 516]: United Kingdom imports in 1979 from these countries of wood in the rough or roughly squared and simply-worked wood—including railway sleepers—identified according to whether of coniferous or non-coniferous species were as follows: