asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list the annual levels of exports and imports of (a) scrap metal as a raw material and (b) castings, for each of the last five years for which records are available.
The information distinguishable in the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics is as follows:
| Value £ millions | |||||
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | |
| (a) Scrap and waste metal | |||||
| UK exports (fob) | * | 250 | 268 | 355 | 496 |
| UK imports (cif) | * | 265 | 202 | 265 | 262 |
| (b) Castings (of iron and steel) | |||||
| UK exports (fob) | 42 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 25 |
| UK imports (cif) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
Source:
(a) SITC/R2 Group 282, Sub-group 288.2 and Items 289.02, 689.11 (part), 689.12 (part), 689.13 (part), 689.14, 689.99 (part) and 971.03.
(b) SITC/R2 Sub-group 679.4 (castings or iron and steel)
Notes:
(1) 1980* trade in waste and scrap of certain metals cannot be separately identified.
(ii) 1984 figures are provisional
(iii) the only castings separately identified in the UK Overseas Trade Statistics are those of iron and steel.