HC Deb 11 June 1986 vol 99 cc198-200W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the reply, 22 May, Official Report, columns 306–7, what information he has about the nature of the cargoes imported from Europe and the Eastern bloc for each of the ports of entry in Scotland.

Mr. Brooke

[pursuant to his reply, 5 June 1986, c. 609]: Following is the information available:

Leigh:

  • Wheat
  • General cargo*
  • Timber
  • Steel products
  • Maize
  • Potatoes

Grangemouth:

  • Cellulose
  • General cargo*
  • Oil
  • Timber
  • Liquid petroleum gas
  • Pig-iron
  • Salt
  • Bauxite
  • Clay
  • Steel

Rosyth:

  • Naval stores

Kirkcaldy

  • Barley

Methil:

  • Timber
  • Pulp

Dundee/Perth:

  • Coke
  • Chemicals
  • Paper
  • Jute
  • Corn pellets

Ardrossan Harbour:

  • Chemicals

Clyde Port Container Terminal:

  • Containers in transit
  • Apples
  • Dried white beans
  • General cargo*
  • Peanuts
  • Frozen corn on the cob
  • Crabmeat

Loch Striven:

  • Oil

Ayr Harbour:

  • Chemicals

Port Ellen Pier:

  • Grain barley

Aberdeen:

  • General cargo*
  • Ballast
  • Oil pipes
  • Oil well cement
  • Chemicals
  • Oil rig equipment
  • Fertiliser
  • Fresh salmon

Corpach:

  • Fish farming equipment
  • Wood pulp

Stornoway:

  • Coal

Invergordon:

  • Maize

Inverness:

  • Timber
  • Carbon blocks

Fraserburgh:

  • Steel castings
  • Steel beams
  • Herring, frozen and fresh

Kirkwall:

  • Cement

Montrose:

  • Paper
  • Timber
  • Pulp
  • Waste paper
  • Barley

Macduff:

  • Malted barley
  • Soya

Wick:

  • Cement

Peterhead:

  • Heavy oil
  • Steel pipes
  • Fuel oil
  • Maize
  • Dredging equipment

Scalloway:

  • Fishing equipment
  • Timber
  • Salmon cages

Lerwick:

  • Cement
  • General cargo*
  • Oil
  • Chemicals
  • Calcium chloride

* General commercial and manufactured goods but may include quantities of fresh or preserved foodstuffs.

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