§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the(a) value and (b) volume of cotton oil imports into the UK was in the last year for which records are available, broken down by country of origin. [186055]
§ John HealeyProvisional estimates for annual imports for 2003 were published by HM Customs and Excise in the Overseas Trade Statistics in February 2004. The final (revised) figures will be available from the HMCE www.uktradeinfo.com website in August 2004 (when final figures for 2003 are published). The value and volume of cotton oil imported into the UK in 2003, broken down by country of origin are:
Imports of cotton seed oil and its fractions, crude and refined general trade: 20031 Country of dispatch/origin2 Statistical value (–1,000) Netmass (tonnes) Imports from EU countries France 13.1 2.1 Netherlands 139.6 269.6 Germany 2.7 1.7 Italy 47.7 49.6 Total EU 203.1 322.9 Imports from non-EU countries Canada 5.9 2.7 China 8.1 6.3 USA 170.1 80.0 Total non-EU 184.0 89.1 All countries total 387.2 412.0 1 Provisional figures, may be subject to revision. 2 Country of origin for non-EU imports; country of dispatch for EU imports (country of origin not available for EU trade). Source: Overseas Trade Statistics, HM Customs and Excise