HC Deb 13 July 1994 vol 246 cc677-8W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will place in the Library tables showing the total value of United Kingdom exports to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria and Oman and also the values of each of the broad category titles of the standard international trade classification for(a) 1971 to 1980 and (b) 1981 to 1990.

Mr. Needham

The information is given in the table.

United Kingdom exports to Iraq
(£ million, current prices)
Section Description 1971–80 1981–90
0 Food and live animals 20.0 174.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 64.5 196.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 5.9 13.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 5.3 19.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 1.0 5.1
5 Chemicals and related products 121.2 549.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 286.2 694.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 708.6 2,369.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 113.8 517.9
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 8.4 17.0
Total 1,3348.8 4,557.0

United Kingdom exports to Saudi Arabia
(£ million, current prices)
Section Description 1971–80 1981–90
0 Food and live animals 202.3 1,050.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 164.6 556.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 5.9 37.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 112.9 123.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 3.8 14.1
5 Chemicals and related products 352.0 2,030.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 662.6 1,516.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2,190.6 8,484.8
8 Miscellaneous manfatured articles 410.9 1,273.0
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 84.6 1,169.8
Total 4,190.2 16,255.9

United Kingdom exports to Kuwait
(£ million, current prices)
Section Description 1971–80 1981–90
0 Food and live animals 77.4 221.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 45.8 127.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 2.4 8.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 14.9 17.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 2.0 1.3
5 Chemicals and related products 137.2 424.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 236.0 387.6

Section Description 1971–80 1981–90
7 Machinery and transport equipment 666.8 1,110.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 166.1 371.3
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 135.3 100.5
Total 1,484.0 2,770.7

United Kingdom exports to Syria
(£ million, current prices)
Section Description 1971–80 1981–90
0 Food and live animals 10.2 14.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 8.5 9.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 4.5 11.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 14.3 6.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 2.9 0.6
5 Chemicals and related products 63.9 132.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 88.3 101.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 188.1 259.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 28.1 54.5
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 3.6 19.5
Total 412.3 610.0

United Kingdom exports to Oman
(£ million, current prices)
Section Description 1971–80 1981–90
0 Food and live animals 23.6 59.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 23.1 103.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 1.6 4.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 11.2 18.9
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 0.4 0.7
5 Chemicals and related products 45.3 207.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 98.7 303.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 518.5 1,689.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 103.1 645.7
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 49.1 296.6
Total 874.6 3,33.9

Note: Totals may not equal the sum of component parts due to rounding.

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.