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Mr. Blair
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to the quantity, source, and port of entry of the imports of chrome ore to Great Britain in each year since 1980.
Mr. Alan Clark
Port of entry data for all years and data on source from 1984 are not available. Imports to the United Kingdom of chrome ore, classified to STIC sub-group 287·91, for 1984 and 1985 were 129·8 and 137·7 thousands of metric tonnes respectively. Latest information for 1986 shows imports for January-November of 119·6 thousands of metric tonnes. Information for the years 1980–83 is as follows:
| United Kingdom imports of chromium ore and concentrates 1980–83 | ||||
| thousands m/tonnes | ||||
| Country | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| South Africa | 70·6 | 54·8 | 53·7 | 91·9 |
| Mozambique | 9·7 | 6·9 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Philippines | 92 | 4·0 | 1·5 | 2·6 |
| Cyprus | 2·0 | 3·8 | 5·4 | 1·1 |
| Finland | 0·7 | 5·6 | 0·6 | 0·0 |
| Greece | 0·0 | 1·0 | 2·5 | 2·1 |
| Other | 0·4 | 0·4 | 0·8 | 2·7 |
| Total | 92·6 | 76·5 | 64·5 | 100·4 |
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics. Country of origin (COO): SITC R2 Sub-group 287·9.