§ Mr. Richard Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will ask British Telecom to postpone its proposed price increases; and if he will make a statement.
Principal items of trade with Cuba (£ million) 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 January-September 1983 (a) UK exports (fob values) Cereals (04) 0.0 — 0.0 — 39.9 — Industrial machinery (74) 2.4 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 Miscellaneous chemicals (59) 4.0 7.0 4.7 4.6 3.3 4.0 Dairy products (02) 1.8 1.2 4.8 — 2.8 6.0 Power-generating machinery (71) 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 2.1 2.8 Instruments and apparatus for measuring, testing and control (87) 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.3 Miscellaneous metal manufactures (69) 1.7 2.1 2.4 1.0 1.2 1.1 Specialised industrial machinery (72) 1.2 2.5 2.6 1.5 1.1 2.1 Road vehicles (78) 2.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.6 Rubber manufactures (62) 1.9 1.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.4 Mineral manufactures, non-metallic (66) 0.7 1.9 2.2 1.4 0.6 0.9 Transport equipment other than road vehicles (79) 0.2 0.1 0.2 4.4 0.1 3.1 (b) UK imports (cif values) Petroleum oils (33) 2.7 3.1 15.1 8.2 8.2 6.6 Sugar (06) 1.8 6.3 7.6 5.4 4.5 1.3 Tobacco and manufactures thereof (12) 2.8 2.2 3.0 1.9 3.1 2.7 Fruit and vegetables (05 ) 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.1 0.4 Source: UK Overseas Trade Statistics (Tables II and V).
Notes:
(a) 0.0 signifies trade less than £50,000;—signifies nil trade.
(b) export figures in 1981 include a large element of estimation and should be interpreted with caution.
(c) information by quantity is not readily available.
(d) the reference numbers of the relevant Divisions of the Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 2) are shown in parenthesis after the description in the first column of the table.