§ Mr. Wardellasked the Minister 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 tinplate coded under S.I.T.C. (R2) 692.41 (a) 7323 1010, (b) 7323 1020, (c) 7323 1099, (d) 7323 2100, (e) 7323 2300, (f) 7323 2500 and (g) 7323 2900;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report, for each month since January 1979, the exports from the United Kingdom of each of the following items of tinplate coded under S.I.T.C. (R2) 692.41: (a) 7323 1010, (b) 7323 1020, (c) 7323 1099, (d) 7323 2100, (e) 7323 2300, (f) 7323 2500 and (g) 7323 2900.
§ Mr. SproatThe information which can be provided within acceptable limits of cost is as follows:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 (January-August) tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value United Kingdom 22 13 798 431 298 278 251 128 Federal Republic of Germany 52 53 739 418 972 432 61 62 France 108 121 267 198 119 112 42 25 Belgium-Luxembourg 99 42 319 177 49 21 47 18 Netherlands 104 87 807 495 22 39 13 14 United States of America 3 13 44 41 27 39 2 5 Irish Republic 18 5 7 8 45 38 3 3 Sweden 80 74 10 12 10 9 0 0 Other 92 105 38 45 77 111 0 1 Total exports fob 2,970 2,364 1,311 1,139 *777 *778 819 850
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1979 1980 1981 1982(January-August) tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value (c) Other total imports cif 256 252 593 805 709 747 185 533 Federal Republic of Germany 84 77 119 87 105 252 70 244 United Kingdom 6 20 69 294 212 111 29 112 Netherlands 17 12 20 12 49 75 30 40 France 28 43 186 188 37 49 12 40 United States of America 2 13 40 60 22 70 5 31 Belgium-Luxembourg 39 19 39 32 75 17 2 2 Other 81 69 121 132 209 174 38 65 Total exports fob 1,065 989 994 1,346 *400 *405 385 574 (2) of capacity less than 50 litres (a) Milk churns Total imports cif of which originating in: 11 14 0 1 — — — — Federal Republic of Germany — — 0 1 — — — — France 9 12 — — — — — — Japan 0 1 — — — — — — United States of America 0 1 — — — — — — Irish Republic 2 0 — — — — — — Other — — — — — — — — Total exports fob 3 10 41 93 *— *— — — (b) Cans for preserving food and drink Total imports cif, of which originating in: 511 395 6,922 4,900 568 589 5,620 5,391 Federal Republic of Germany 20 26 800 794 36 39 2,708 2,338 United States of America 305 163 1,223 611 0 2 765 874 Netherlands 3 3 1,050 760 23 32 931 913 Spain 0 0 541 360 — — 669 686 Denmark 125 150 191 224 212 239 244 266 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 0 1,846 1,177 49 47 115 112 France 8 8 328 191 82 74 108 99 Other 50 44 942 782 165 157 79 102 Total exports fob 22,066 13,983 15,569 11,500 *7,516 *5,774 13,641 11,541 (c) Other (i) with plate of thickness less than 0.5 mm Total imports cif of which originating in: 3,241 3,076 11,233 10,401 3,775 3,973 2,743 3,437 Federal Republic of Germany 353 588 757 1,116 588 667 631 820 United States of America 292 422 627 794 197 325 364 716 Netherlands 1,374 1,117 6,483 5,397 1,440 1,300 628 687 France 64 138 903 906 207 381 141 258 Belgium-Luxembourg 629 304 219 204 288 169 118 118 Portugal 14 13 206 223 — — — — Sweden 101 73 977 840 523 422 610 493 Other 414 421 1,060 922 532 709 251 344 Total exports fob 33,474 29,178 23,261 24,115 *10,808 *11,930 12,547 14,145 (ii) with plate of thickness more than 0.5 mm Total imports cif of which originating in: 2,367 2,640 3,050 3,668 1,897 1,970 1,052 1,231 Sweden 426 358 681 556 753 661 302 240 Denmark 54 39 122 92 156 147 179 188 United States of America 145 385 254 754 67 168 103 187 Federal Republic of Germany 173 340 372 458 240 298 76 179 Norway 224 158 109 86 256 196 210 170 France 157 171 203 323 106 131 43 99 Netherlands 646 512 569 404 43 45 32 50 United Kingdom 68 82 114 226 62 93 50 48 Italy 116 340 143 371 46 80 26 32 Belgium-Luxembourg 49 28 120 163 21 27 2 2
1979 1980 1981 1982 (January-August) tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value tonnes value Soviet Union 74 33 83 37 47 23 — — Other 234 195 280 197 101 101 30 36 Total exports fob 966 1,069 1,394 1,595 *2,017 *1,644 1,395 1,750 Source: Overseas Trade Statistics
Notes:
* See note (i)
(i) Export figures for 1981 exclude the months March to August inclusive owing to the effects of the Civil Service pay dispute in that year.
(ii) Owing to rounding there may be slight discrepancies between total imports and the sum of their constituent parts as shown.