§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will list the items and their value entering into trade between the United Kingdom and the German Democratic Republic in each of the last three years;
(2) if he will list the items and their value entering into trade between the United Kingdom and Czechoslovakia in each of the last three years;
(3) if he will list the items and their value entering into trade between the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Channon[pursuant to the reply, 29 October 1984, c. 786]: The information is as follows:
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Table A German Democratic Republic Value £ millions Commodity description 1981 1982 1983 United Kingdom Imports: Non.ferrous metals (68) 27.4 49.0 50.8 Petroleum (33) 4.0 0.1 26.3 Furniture (82) 15.1 19.0 21.5 Manufactured fertilisers (56) 13.2 14.2 14.7 Rubber manufactures (62) 20 3.4 6.8 Other 31.8 48.2 47.5 Total 93.6 133.9 167.6 United Kingdom Exports: Cereals and cereal preparations(0 4) 41.3 8.7 15.1
Commodity description 1981 1982 1983 Metalworking machinery (73) 0.4 8.7 8.0 Fish and fish preparations (0 3) 2.5 3.5 5.6 Non.ferrous metals (68) 3.2 0.5 3.5 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (28) 0.2 0.3 3.0 Other 35.4 42.0 25.9 Total 83.0 63.7 61.0
Table B Czechoslovakia Value £ millions Commodity description 1981 1982 1983 United Kingdom Imports: Wood and cork (24) 8.8 10.0 17.6 Road vehicles (78) 6.5 8.6 12.2 Miscellaneous manufactures (89) 5.8 6.7 7.6 Footwear (85) 6.0 5.7 6.6 Non-metallic mineral manufactures (66) 5.2 5.0 5.8 Other 38.2 46.0 51.5 Total 70.5 82.0 101.4 United Kingdom Exports: Artificial resins and plastic materials etc. (58) 5.5 4.9 6.0 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus (87) 3.0 4.6 5.1 Textile yarn, fabrics and made.up articles (65) 4.3 3.7 4.8 Specialised industrial machinery (72) 4.8 6.6 4.6 Organic chemicals (51) 5.4 4.9 4.5 Other 47.8 45.3 44.6 Total 70.7 70.1 69.5
Table C Yugoslavia Value £ millions Commodity description 1981 1982 1983 United Kingdom Imports: Non-ferrous metals (68) 3.7 5.8 12.9 Furniture (82) 4.0 5.5 8.9 Clothing (84) 3.7 4.3 8.4 Road vehicles (78) 2.8 3.2 7.9 Beverages (11) 5.1 3.8 4.8 Other 23.1 29.6 41.1 Total 42.4 52.1 84.0 United Kingdom Exports: Iron and steel (67) 13.2 8.3 17.0 General industrial machinery (74) 24.7 14.0 15.9 Power generating equipment (71) 8.5 17.1 9.2 Organic chemicals (51) 9.8 8.0 8.4 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus (87) 6.9 5.9 7.3 Other 131.7 105.6 90.0 Total 194.8 158.8 147.8 Source:
(a, b and c): Tables II (imports) and V (exports) of the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
Notes:
(a, b and c): (i) numbers in parenthesis after commodity descriptions refer to the Divisions of the Standard International Trade 1022W Classification (Revision 2).
(ii) owing to rounding, totals given may not correspond exactly to the sum of constituent parts.
(iii) imports are valued cif: exports are valued fob.