HC Deb 13 March 1985 vol 75 c151W
Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list the annual levels of exports and imports of (a) scrap metal as a raw material and (b) castings, for each of the last five years for which records are available.

Mr. Butcher

The information distinguishable in the United KingdomOverseas Trade Statistics is as follows:

Value £ millions
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
(a) Scrap and waste metal
UK exports (fob) * 250 268 355 496
UK imports (cif) * 265 202 265 262
(b) Castings (of iron and steel)
UK exports (fob) 42 35 26 22 25
UK imports (cif) 8 8 8 9 12

Source:

(a) SITC/R2 Group 282, Sub-group 288.2 and Items 289.02, 689.11 (part), 689.12 (part), 689.13 (part), 689.14, 689.99 (part) and 971.03.

(b) SITC/R2 Sub-group 679.4 (castings or iron and steel)

Notes:

(1) 1980* trade in waste and scrap of certain metals cannot be separately identified.

(ii) 1984 figures are provisional

(iii) the only castings separately identified in the UK Overseas Trade Statistics are those of iron and steel.