§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Minister for Trade what is now the level of British exports to Spain; and how this compares with the exports of each European Economic Community country, respectively, and total exports to Spain, indicating what proportion this is of total Spanish imports.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1982, c. 27.]: The information is as follows. Spanish imports rather than EC exports are expressed as a percentage of total imports to avoid possible inconsistencies between the two sets of data.
§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Minister for Trade what is now the level of Spanish exports to the United Kingdom; and how this compares with exports to each European Economic Community country, respectively, and total exports to European Economic Community countries, indicating what proportion this represents of total Spanish exports.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1982, c. 27]: The information is as follows:
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1982, c. 28]: In the 12 months from September 1981 to August 1982, 4,025,000 tonnes of steel were imported at a value of £1,174 million cif. More detailed information is set out in the monthly statistics published by the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau, copies of which are in the Library.