HC Deb 21 April 1988 vol 131 cc533-4W
Ms. Ruddoek

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much crude oil, expressed in(a) volume and (b) cash terms was imported into the United Kingdom from (i) Iran and (ii) Iraq in each of the last five years; and what proportion of total imports from each country each figure represents.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is given in the following table.

Imports from Iran and Iraq: 1983–87
Crude Oil
Volume thousand metric tonnes Value in £million Total Imports Value in £million Crude Oil as percentage of total
Iran
1983 510.3 67.7 102.2 66.2
1984 2,777.2 427.5 476.3 89.8
1985 618.7 97.3 147.0 66.2
1986 627.2 52.8 93.9 56.2
1987 2,175.2 176.2 236.6 74.5
Iraq
1983 618.4 92.2 95.7 96.3
1984 413.4 67.0 76.9 87.1
1985 1,893.9 275.2 293.2 93.9
1986 3,083.7 219.0 249.5 87.8
1987 3,900.9 309.5 324.3 95.4

The number of jobs (created or safeguarded) associated with inward investment projects announced by US companies
England Wales Scotland
Created Safeguarded Created Safeguarded Created Safeguarded
1979 3802 n/a 382 n/a 1953 n/a
1980 3087 n/a 502 n/a 3208 n/a
1981 3337 n/a 776 n/a 5096 n/a
1982 3698 n/a 731 n/a 1956 n/a
1983 5653 5346 1056 2569 3652 2031
1984 3340 2264 2086 1636 7418 1367
1985 11572 5470 820 895 3778 2307
1986 5784 4055 1291 2090 1259 220
19871 4283 2479 883 757 1519 261
1 Provisional.
n/a = not available.

Source Overseas Trade Statistics

Notes:

  1. (i) Imports valued cif, country of origin (COO) basis.
  2. (ii) Figures for 1986 and 1987 are provisional.
  3. (iii) Crude oil defined as division 33 (part 333.0) in the Overseas Trade Statistics.