asked the Minister for Trade what is now the level of British exports to Spain; and how this compares with the exports of each European Economic Community country, respectively, and total exports to Spain, indicating what proportion this is of total Spanish imports.

[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1982, c. 27.]: The information is as follows. Spanish imports rather than EC exports are expressed as a percentage of total imports to avoid possible inconsistencies between the two sets of data.

asked the Minister for Trade what is now the level of Spanish exports to the United Kingdom; and how this compares with exports to each European Economic Community country, respectively, and total exports to European Economic Community countries, indicating what proportion this represents of total Spanish exports.

[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1982, c. 27]: The information is as follows:

[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1982, c. 28]: In the 12 months from September 1981 to August 1982, 4,025,000 tonnes of steel were imported at a value of £1,174 million cif. More detailed information is set out in the monthly statistics published by the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau, copies of which are in the Library.