Chile, Argentina and Brazil (Hansard, 4 April 1984)

§ Mr. Channon

The information is as follows:

Table 1 United Kingdom with Chile in manufactured goods, 1983 (provisional)
Main Commodities
	Value £ million
United Kingdom imports (cif)
Non-ferrous metals (68)	64.0
Inorganic chemicals (52)	3.5
Paper, paperboard and articles thereof (64)	0.9
Machinery specialised for particular industries (72)	0.7
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments (87)	0.4
Other	1.3
Total of manufactured goods	70.9
United Kingdom exports (fob)
Power generating machinery (71)	4.5
Inorganic chemicals (52)	3.1
General industrial machinery (74)	2.5
Miscellaneous chemical materials and products (59)	2.2
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances (77)	2.2
Other	20.3
Total of manufactured goods	34.7

Table 2 United Kingdom trade with Argentina in manufactured goods, 1983 (provisional)
Main commodities
	Value £ thousands
United Kingdom Imports (cif)
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment (75)	52
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (76)	46
Miscellaneous manufactures (89)	36
Organic chemicals (51)	10
Machinery specialised for particular industries (72)	5
Other	4
Total of manufactured goods	152
As from 7 April 1982 the importation into the United Kingdom of goods exported from Argentina has been banned. Some of the goods shown above were imported before the embargo but documentation was not completed until later; others were personal importations or re-imported goods of United Kingdom origin, refused entry into Argentina and excluded from the embargo.
United Kingdom Exports (fob)
Power generating machinery (71)	477
Artificial resins and plastic materials (58)	282
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment (75)	226

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	Value £ thousands
Miscellaneous manufactures (89)	216
Miscellaneous chemical materials and products (59)	213
Other	933
Total of manufactured goods	2,347

Table 3 United Kingdom trade with Brazil in manufactured goods, 1983 (provisional)
Main Commodities
	Value £ million
United Kingdom Imports (cif)
Footwear (85)	24.3
Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture) (63)	14.1
Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles (65)	10.9
Leather, leather goods and dressed furskins (61)	10.8
Paper, paperboard and articles thereof (64)	9.1
Other	55.6
Total of manufactured goods	124.8
United Kingdom Exports (fob)
Transport equipment other than road vehicles (79)	21.1
Professional, Scientific and controlling instruments (87)	11.6
Organic chemicals (51)	11.1
Machinery specialised for particular industries (72)	10.3
Road vehicles (78)	10.3
Other	72.7
Total of manufactured goods	137.1

Source(Tables 1, 2 and 3): Tables II (imports) and V (exports) of the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.

Notes

(a) In view of the small amount of trade, figures for Argentina are given in £ thousands.

(b) References in parenthesis after the descriptions in the first column of the tables are to the Divisions of the Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 2).