§ Mr. Salmondasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will estimate the balance of trade figures in volume and value terms in fertiliser products between the United Kingdom, the European Economic Community as a whole and Saudi Arabia.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is in the following table:
prejudicing company confidentiality. Furthermore, whilst the majority of urea is sold as straight nitrogen fertilizer, my Department has no information on the quantity used in the production of compound fertilizer. Nor is data available segregating urea for fertilizer use from urea used for industrial purposes. Recent total imports into the United Kingdom from other member states of the EEC and from Saudi Arabia are:
Tonnes January-December 1986 January-April 1986 January-April 1987 From EEC 240,739 126,206 96,803 From Saudi Arabia Nil Nil Nil Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.