HC Deb 10 March 1989 vol 148 cc17-8W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to the annual tonnage of imports landed at(a) Pembroke Dock, (b) Milford Haven and (c) Fishguard in each of the past 15 years; and if he will indicate for each year the total tonnage for (i) the United Kingdom market and (ii) onward transhipment to a third country.

Mr. Peter Walker

The information is shown in the following table:

United Kingdom imports through Milford Haven and Fishguard 1972–87
Thousand tonnes
Milford Haven (including Pembroke Dock) Fishguard
1972 26,239 42
1973 32,113 83
1974 34,379 82
1975 26,315 121
1976 25,586 71
1977 19,026 89
1978 18,743 108
1979 17,539 104
1980 14,354 139
1981 10,932 103
1982 11,175 128
1983 7,984 119
1984 10,122 131
1985 10,664 139
1976 9,359 193
1977 7,151 193

Notes

Figures compiled by the Department of Transport (1980–87) and the National Ports Council (1972–79) from annual traffic returns supplied by the ports.

Figures for Pembroke Dock cannot be disaggregated from the data held for Milford Haven. Statistics on goods transhipped onward to a third country are not collected.