Sawn Wood Imports

HC Deb 19 November 1996 vol 285 cc513-4W

Mr. Dafis

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of sawn wood were imported into the United Kingdom in the past year from the 10 countries which are the principal exporters of sawn wood to the United Kingdom. [4485]

Mr. Lang

UK imports of sawn wood¹ in 1995 are given in the table:

	Thousand metric tones
Sweden	841
Canada	360
Finland	343
Latvia	343
Russia	263
Portugal	155
USA	89
Irish Republic	73
Estonia	61
Brazil	56
World	3,040
1Sawn wood is defined by headings 248.2 and 248.4 of the Standard International Trade Classification, revision 3.