HC Deb 28 March 2003 vol 402 cc419-20W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much plywood from Indonesia was imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [105388]

Nigel Griffiths

According to information from HM Customs and Excise, UK imports of plywood from Indonesia were as follows:

Value £ million Thousand cubic metres
2000 52.8 216.6
2001 68.6 285.3
2002 52.8 237.0

Plywood is defined by headings 634.11, 634.12, 634.31, 634.39, 634.41 and 634.49 of the Standard International Trade Classification. revision 3.

Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what quantity of Indonesian timber door blanks have been imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [105389]

Nigel Griffiths

According to information from HM Customs and Excise, UK imports of timber doors, their frames and thresholds from Indonesia were as follows.

Comparable data for previous years, including 1997, are not available and information from the 2002 Annual Business Inquiry is not yet available.