HC Deb 12 January 1998 vol 304 c30W
Mr. Livingstone

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many mink skins have been(a) imported to and (b) exported from the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years. [22523]

Mrs. Roche

Data on UK trade in mink furskins are given in the table.

UK trade in mink furskins1 1987–96
Thousands
UK imports UK exports
1987 1,385 2,444
1988 1,020 2,159
1989 779 1,947
1990 506 1,603
1991 280 1,081
1992 365 1,228
1993 361 1,186
1994 423 1,047
1995 753 1,539
1996 1,100 1,542
1 Codes 430211 and 43023021 of the Harmonised Commodity Coding System.

Source:

HM Customs and Excise data.