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Mr. Tony Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many ministerial visits have been made from his Department to Iraq since 1979.
| Petroleum products and all commodities transported by road: 1980–1989 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Tonnes (million) | ||||||||||
| Petrol and petroleum products | 74 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 62 | 64 | 77 | 65 |
| All commodities | 1,383 | 1,286 | 1,376 | 1,344 | 1,390 | 1,445 | 1,471 | 1,542 | 1,751 | 1,807 |
| Petrol and petroleum products (percentage of all commodities) | 5·4 | 4·7 | 4·9 | 5·1 | 4·9 | 4·9 | 4·2 | 4·2 | 4·4 | 3·6 |
| Tonne kilometres (billion) | ||||||||||
| Petrol and petroleum products | 4·3 | 3·7 | 3·7 | 4·2 | 4·0 | 4·3 | 3·7 | 4·1 | 4·9 | 4·5 |
| All commodities | 92·4 | 92·9 | 93·8 | 95·1 | 99·9 | 102·9 | 105·4 | 113·3 | 129·8 | 137·4 |
| Petrol and petroleum products (percentage of all commodities) | 4·7 | 4·0 | 3·9 | 4·4 | 4·0 | 4·2 | 3·5 | 3·6 | 3·8 | 3·3 |
Source: Department of Transport.