HC Deb 26 April 1989 vol 151 c536W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what were the United Kingdom's imports of(a) paper and (b) pulp in each year since 1979.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is given in the following table:

United Kingdom imports of paper and paperboard, waste paper and paperboard and pulp 1979–88
£ million
Paper and paperboard Waste paper and paperboard Pulp
1979 1,081.6 4.5 384.3
1980 1,104.9 2.8 395.9
1981 1,321.1 1.8 436.7
1982 1,409.3 3.6 408.4
1983 1,575.9 2.2 425.8
1984 1,874.6 8.2 603.5
1985 2,057.9 9.0 496.8
1986 2,182.2 3.7 519.6
1987 2,632.6 6.7 650.6
1988 3,014.6 8.9 716.4

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics

Note: 1988 figures provisional.