§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give for 1986 the amounts of United Kingdom imports of hard wood, soft wood and other wood products, United Kingdom production of the same, and totals for both categories, respectively, in millions of cubic metres wood raw material equivalent, and expressing each figure as a percentage of apparent domestic consumption.
§ Mr. ButcherThe available information is contained in the table.
United Kingdom imports of wood 1986 Hardwood1 Softwood1 Other wood products2 Domestic consumption 1.4 8.6 n/a Imports (percentage of domestic consumption) 1.2 6.9 2.4 (86) (80) (n/a) UK Production 0.3 2.3 n/a (21) (27) (n/a) Source: Imports: Overseas Trade Statistics.
Production: Business Monitor 4610.
1 millions cubic metres.
2 million metric tonnes.
Notes:
1. Hardwood defined as Standard International Trade Classification Revision 2 (SITC R2) sub-groups 247.2 and 9 (part); 248.3 and 246.01 (part).
Softwood defined as SITC R2 sub-groups 247.1 and 9 (part); 248–2 and 246.01 (part).
Other wood products defined as SITC R2 sub-groups 245.01 and 02; 246.02 and 03; 248.1 and 22; and Division 63 less sub-groups 633.01 and 02.
2. 1986 imports figures provisional.
3. Domestic consumption calculated by subtracting exports total from UK production figures and adding imports total.
4. Domestic consumption figures for other wood products not available by quantity.