HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 cc419-20W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the total value of United Kingdom exports to Jordan, and also the value of each of the broad category titles of the standard international trade classification for(a) 1971 to 1980 and (b) 1981 to 1990.

Mr. Heseltine

The information is provided in the following table:

Value of United Kingdom Exports to Jordan (£ million, Current Prices)
Section Description 1971–80 1981–90
0 Food and live animals 23.9 67.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 7.1 22.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 2.0 6.4
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials 3.7 12.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 0.7 1.8
5 Chemicals and related products, not elsewhere specified 46.2 145.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 88.0 204.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 207.6 621.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 49.5 167.4
9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere 18.5 581.5
TOTAL 447.1 1,831.3

Source: Overseas trade statistics of the United Kingdom

Mr. Cousins

To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether Exports Credit Guarantee Department support was offered to the Kingdom of Jordan or any contractors supplying the Kingdom in connection with, or as a result of, the memorandum of undertaking signed on 28 November 1979.

Mr. Heseltine

Yes.