§ Mr. Wardellasked the Minster for Trade (1) if he will publish in the Official Report for each month since January 1979 the imports into the United Kingdom, together with the country of origin, of each of the following items of titanium categorised under SITC (R2) 689.99 and coded (a) 8104 5500 and (b) 8104 5700;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report for each month since January 1979 the imports into the United Kingdom, together with the country of origin, of each of the following items of titanium, categorised under SITC (R2) 699.99 and coded (a) 8104 5900, (b) 8104 6100, (c) 8104 6400 and (d) 8104 6500.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe information which can be provided within acceptable limits of cost is set out as follows:
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1979 1980 1981 January-August 1982 Value Value Value Value Spain — 2 — 39 United Kingdom 241 42 — 24 Netherlands 18 149 7 21 Federal Republic of Germany 113 118 12 10 Soviet Union — 151 67 — Sweden 2 139 33 — Italy 2 68 — — Canada 32 2 — — Czechoslovakia — 0 — — Irish Republic 1 — — — Finland 0 — — —
1979 1980 1981 Weight Value Weight Value Weight Value 2. In wrought forms (i) Total imports 1,129 12,622 1,999 24,261 2,082 36,951 of which originating in: United States of America 643 7,713 1,174 15,974 1,258 25,167 Japan 174 1,177 517 4,160 593 7,750 Federal Republic of Germany 130 1,485 77 1,824 65 1,461 United Kingdom 89 1,201 116 1,608 63 855 Australia 5 83 2 51 33 721 Sweden 36 357 30 126 29 294 France 14 362 30 248 9 184 Finland 2 25 3 24 8 138 South Africa — — 0 0 9 108 Canada 6 49 7 89 4 69 Malaysia — — 2 30 2 44 Soviet Union 2 21 — — 3 41 Irish Republic 2 2 — — 2 41 Italy 2 21 0 10 1 24 Switzerland 0 16 — — 0 19 Zambia — — — — 2 17 Netherlands 0 15 32 56 0 12 Spain — — — — 0 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 23 89 4 51 — — China — — 5 8 — — Denmark — — 0 2 — — Singapore — — 0 1 — — Iceland — — 0 1 — — Norway 2 5 — — — —
January to August 1982 Plates, sheets, strip and foil Bars, rod, angles, shapes, sections and wire Tubes and pipes Other Weight Value Weight Value Weight Value Weight Value (i) Total imports 477 7,112 237 4,990 76 1,336 290 7,451 of which originating in: United States of America 78 2,075 203 4,353 48 833 92 5,110 Japan 343 4,085 15 201 1 21 67 507 Federal Republic of Germany 16 332 2 37 25 465 17 364 United Kingdom 1 32 12 270 — — 40 704 Australia — — — — — — 18 522 Sweden 29 427 — — — — — — France 0 8 6 120 0 5 38 46 Finland — — — — — — 12 128 Italy — — — — — — 5 63 Zambia 4 61 — — — — — — Irish Republic 3 60 — — — — — — Canada 1 24 0 9 — — 1 7 Brazil — — — — 1 11 — — Belgium-Luxembourg 0 5 — — — — — — Netherlands 0 2 — — 0 0 — — Iceland — — — — — — 0 0 '—' nil.
'0': weight less than 0.5 tonne, value less than £500 cif.
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352W353W1. Quantity detail for imports of unwrought titanium is not available for publication.
2. Wrought titanium was not statistically further broken down than shown prior to 1982.
3. Owing to rounding, there may be minor discrepancies between total imports and the sum of their constituent parts as shown.