HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 cc606-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total output of fertilisers, the percentage exported and the proportion of the domestic market taken by imports in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany and (c) Japan in 1958, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and in each year from 1979 to 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information for the United Kingdom for the value of output for years up to 1985 is published in the "Business Monitor" series PA 1002, "Report on the Census of Production", summary volume (table 11); 1986 output data are available in "Business Monitor" PA 251 (table 8). The available information on United Kingdom export and import ratios is published in "Business Monitor" series MQ12, import penetration and export sales ratios for manufacturing industry. These publications are available in the Library. Similar information for the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan is not available.