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Mr. Hancock
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information his Department has on the exports of trapped and farmed animal skins, by species, from the United Kingdom for the last year.
Mr. Alan Clark
The information is as follows:
| United Kingdom exports of skins 1986 | |
| SITC division 21 | £'000s |
| Bovine and equine | 93,761 |
| Calf | 7,459 |
| Goat | 303 |
| Sheep and lamb | 56,293 |
| Parings and other | 3,918 |
| Mink | 54,474 |
| Rabbit and hare | 170 |
| Persian, astrakhan, caracul, indian, chinese, mongolian and tibetan lambs | 12,569 |
| Sea-lions and seals (excluding whitecoat pups of harp seals and pups of hooded seals) | 86 |
| Sea-otters, nutria and beaver | 1,103 |
| Musk-rat and marmots | 1,106 |
| Wild felines | 113 |
| Other | 45,400 |
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics.
Notes: Figures are provisional. Exports are on a fob basis.
Mr. Hancock
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information his Department has on the importation of skins from trapped and farmed animals, by species, into the United Kingdom and the European Economic Community for the last year.
Mr. Allan Clark
The available information is in the following table:
| Imports of animal skins 1986 | ||
| ECU '000 | ||
| European Community1 | United Kingdom | |
| Bovine, equine hides, raw | 941,474 | 55,828 |
| Calf and kip skins, raw | 274,389 | 3,669 |
| Goat and kid skins, raw | 100,935 | 1,572 |
| sheep and lamb | 627,071 | 63,764 |
| Parings and other | 51,745 | 2,845 |
| Mink | 540,371 | 103,978 |
| Rabbits and hares | 8,305 | 21 |
| Persian and other lambs | 37,719 | 14,885 |
| Seals and sea-lions | 774 | 24 |
| Sea-otters, nutria and beaver | 14,518 | 2,213 |
| Musk-rats and marmots | 25,839 | 4,513 |
| Wild felines | 9,984 | 395 |
| Others | 279,642 | 67,641 |
Source: Eurostat.
Note: £1 is equivalent to about 1·5 ECU.
1 Excluding Greece and Portugal.