HC Deb 05 February 1992 vol 203 c189W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of cars imported from(a) South Korea, (b) Malaysia, (c) Yugoslavia and (d) Czechoslovakia since 1986.

Mr. Sainsbury

The available information is given in the table.

United Kingdom Imports of Cars1 (numbers)
South Korea Malaysia Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia
1986 5,353 47 8,549 13,173
1987 5,860 6 8,489 14,792
1988 9,292 20 9,061 12,580
1989 15,281 9,590 8,038 13,501
1990 4,690 11,605 5,045 2,477
19912 9,827 11,436 1,250 4,664
1Cars are defined as items 781.0 and 782.1 of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), Revision 2 for 1986 and 1987, and item 781 of SITC, Revision 3 for 1988 onwards.
2 January-November

Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.