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asked the Secretary of State for Trade what raw materials, excluding food, the United Kingdom imports from other members of the European Economic Community; and what per centage these form of total raw material imports, excluding food.
Imports consigned from the Community accounted for 17 per cent. of total imports of raw materials in 1979. With permission I will circulate the remaining information in the Official Report. The raw materials of which the highest proportion of our imports come from other members of the European Community are animal and vegetable oils and fats, crude and processed, other crude vegetable and animal materials and synthetic rubber.
The following is the remaining information:
| IMPORTS IN 1979 OF RAW MATERIALS CONSIGNED FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY | |
SITC (R2) Division and Description
| Percentage of Value (cif) of Total UK Imports
|
| 26 Textile fibres not made into yarn or fabric | 23·8 |
| 29 Crude vegetable and animal materials nes | 48·4 |
| 27 Crude fertilisers and crude minerals | 29·0 |
| 28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap | 10·5 |
| 23 Crude rubber (mainly synthetic | 43·1 |
| 42 Fixed vegetable oils and fats | 27·1 |
| 21 Raw hides, skins and fur-skins | 21·9 |
| 41 Animal oils and fats | 42·4 |
| 43 Processed animal and vegetable oils and fats | 52·4 |
| 24 Wood and Cork | 2·9 |
| 22 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit | 4·8 |
| 25 Pulp and waste paper | 2·1 |
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITR(R2) Sections 2 and 4 (raw materials other than fuels, food, beverages and tobacco).