HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 cc18-9W
Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the nature, type and value of timber products imported into the United Kingdom in 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

United Kingdom imports in 1987 were as follows:

£ million
Wood (SITC Division 24 [less cork]) 1,198.5
Pulp and waste paper (SITC Division 25) 657.2
Wood manufactures (SITC Division 63 [less cork]) (excluding furniture) 784.6
Paper, paperboard and articles therefrom (SITC Division 64) 3,238.2

Further detailed information is available from the December 1987 volume of the Overseas Trade Statistics, a copy of which is available in the Library.