§ Mr. Wardellasked the Minister of Trade 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
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Imports of Aluminium Containers, 1979–82 [value: £ thousand cif] 1979 1980 1981 January-August 1982 tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value (1) Rigid tubular Total imports 788 2,561 981 3,012 607 2,163 283 1,012 of which originating in: Finland 240 774 155 504 51 213 68 281 Federal Republic of Germany 94 276 77 275 81 236 81 228 France 119 450 154 541 138 458 52 198 Switzerland 126 449 188 634 93 434 44 146 United Kingdom 46 85 8 32 35 83 14 58 Netherlands 61 181 56 179 18 66 9 43 Italy 14 60 40 142 28 120 9 22 Norway 19 54 41 110 22 95 3 8 United States of America 21 98 163 343 18 120 1 8 Austria 13 33 20 55 4 11 2 5 Irish Republic 9 25 2 4 95 232 — — Denmark 16 38 8 19 10 20 — — Greece — — 30 36 0 1 — — Other countries 11 40 39 138 13 73 1 15 (2) Collapsible tubular Total imports 517 1,977 378 1,424 441 1,693 376 1,678 of which originating in: Norway 190 438 173 429 164 483 127 430 Federal Republic of Germany 41 357 46 332 67 459 74 354 France 34 161 58 197 57 165 79 338 Sweden 85 317 48 175 40 227 43 244 Switzerland 34 98 13 82 20 111 13 104 Netherlands 5 40 2 29 22 44 13 91 Austria 24 144 17 84 19 77 11 49 Irish Republic 2 8 2 3 27 38 6 36 United States of America 82 300 4 11 0 3 3 21 United Kingdom — — 4 16 8 16 7 6 Belgium-Luxembourg 5 23 0 1 10 32 — — Finland 11 78 2 21 2 15 — — Other countries 4 14 9 44 5 23 1 6 (3) Casks, drums, cans, boxes, for conveyance or packing of goods: (a) of capacity of 50 litres or greater: Total imports 540 1,901 519 1,254 432 1,090 257 755 of which originating in: Federal Republic of Germany 103 459 68 148 54 202 75 240 France 4 17 8 28 28 92 61 165 Irish Republic 345 1,121 192 643 75 267 50 131 United Kingdom 31 46 217 327 144 187 27 62 Netherlands 7 16 3 5 68 88 18 58 Switzerland 6 51 9 38 19 120 5 46 Italy 1 3 — — 10 5 16 31 United States of America 29 138 2 7 9 33 2 12 Denmark 0 2 8 18 5 8 1 2 Finland 6 21 8 29 4 17 0 1 Norway 5 12 3 11 11 44 0 0 Other countries 4 15 1 2 5 28 4 7 following items of aluminium coded under S.I.T.C. (R2) 692.42 (a) 7610 4100, (b) 7610 4500, (c) 7610 9100 and (d) 7610 9900.
§ Mr. SproatThe information which can be supplied within acceptable limits of cost is as follows:
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1979 1980 1981 January-August 1982 tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value (b) of capacity less than 50 litres: Total imports 3,747 8,164 4,575 9,190 5,493 11,493 *2,887 *7,963 of which originating in: France 1,522 2,935 2,665 4,325 3,598 6,343 1,289 2,887 Netherlands 350 1,026 367 1,156 421 1,266 315 1,137 Federal Republic of Germany 1,085 2,353 449 1,194 383 1,098 307 1,030 Switzerland 179 532 457 1,028 392 855 302 844 Denmark 167 342 165 362 299 700 201 468 Finland 17 55 69 249 36 127 78 314 United States of America 6 39 12 36 64 231 66 301 Norway 49 122 51 141 64 196 56 185 United Kingdom 74 138 115 225 103 260 61 169 Sweden 86 117 43 58 18 44 44 127 Italy 156 344 107 261 35 105 18 70 Other countries 55 162 76 154 79 269 150 429 0=weight less than 0.5 tonne; value less than £500 cif.
*includes milk churns, separately identified in previous years.
Notes: Owing to rounding, there may be slight discrepancies between total import figures and the sum of their constituent parts as shown.