§ Mr. GillTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the contribution that home-produced timber makes to the balance of trade figures. [16086]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe standard international trade classification, under which UK trade is recorded, does not separately identify home-produced timber. The UK crude deficit in timber, wherever produced, was £1.4 billion to 1994 and £0.9 billion in January to September 1995.