HC Deb 17 July 1990 vol 176 cc487-8W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of fur and fur product exports from Britain in(a) 1987–88, (b) 1988–89 and (c) 1989–90; and what proportion in each case was accounted for by re-export.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 16 July 1990]: The available information is in the table. Data on re-exports could be made available only at disproportionate cost.

United Kingdom exports of fur and fur products
Year Value (£ million)
1 April 1987—31 March 1988 130.3
1 April 1988—31 March 1989 99.4
1 April 1989—31 March 1990 86.8

Sources: Industrial Economics Indicator (IEI) Database Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom (March 1990).

Classification: Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 80)—Activity Heading 4560.

Definition: Sorting, dressing and dyeing furs and the manufacture of fur apparel and other fur goods.