§ Mr. VazTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the current level of trade between Britain and Yemen. [14973]
§ Mrs. RocheThe latest information on the level of trade between the UK and Yemen is given in the table.
UK trade in goods with Yemen—current prices, overseas trade statistics basis £ million Goods Exports Imports Total 1990 70.8 36.2 107.1 1991 65.2 16.8 82.0 1992 78.4 56.9 135.3 1993 85.5 16.1 101.5 1994 74.6 5.1 79.6 1995 66.8 4.1 70.9 1996 74.2 8.4 82.6 Source:
United Kingdom Balance of Payments, the Pink Book, 1997, ONS. Information on UK trade in services is only available for our major trading partners.
632WMore up-to-date figures, for trade in goods only, are available on an Overseas Trade Statistics basis (the main difference between these and figures on a Balance of Payments basis is that imports, on an OTS basis, include the costs of freight and insurance):
UK trade in goods—current prices, overseas trade statistics basis £ million January to September Exports Imports Total 1996 52.7 6.8 59.4 1997 54.5 4.6 59.1 Source:
Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics, ONS.
The main commodities traded in 1996 were as follows:
£ million Top five UK exports to Yemen Paper, paperboard and articles of paper pulp 7.5 Power generating machinery and equipment 4.5 Chemical materials and products nes1 4.4 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments 3.4 General industrial machinery 3.0 Top five UK imports from Yemen Professional, scientific and controlling instruments 4.5 Power generating machinery and equipment 2.4 Telecommunications and sound recording equipment 0.6 Specialised industrial machinery 0.3 Transport equipment excluding road vehicles 0.2 1 Not elsewhere specified within the Standard International Trade Classification. Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, HM Customs and Excise.