HL Deb 18 June 2002 vol 636 c76WA
Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which are the top five importers from the Philippines; and what products they import. [HL4618]

Lord Sainsbury of Turville

HM Customs and Excise is the department responsible for collecting and recording statistics on the movement of goods with other countries. Information on individual importers and consignments is recorded from Customs documents submitted at import. For reasons of confidentiality, Customs does not as a matter of course publish information at the level of detail required by this Question.

The main products imported from the Philippines in 2001 were:

SITC Description £ million
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, nes and electrical parts thereof 506.8
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment 461.6
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 64.4
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus 37.8
Road vehicles 14.6
Total imports 1,198.6

Notes:

SITC—Standard International Trade Classification.

nes—not elsewhere specified.

Source:

Published Overseas Trade Statistics of the UK.