To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish a table showing the volume and value of imports and exports of fish-fingers in 1970, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and the current year to date.
The value and volume of trade in deep-frozen raw fish fillets, coated with batter or breadcrumbs, are set out as follows. Comparable information is not available for 1970.
| Volume (thousand tonnes) | Value (£ million) | |||
| Period | Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports |
| 1979 | 1·7 | 4·4 | 2·8 | 7·0 |
| 1987 | 2·4 | 3·2 | 6·4 | 7·6 |
| 1988 | 3·5 | 4·8 | 10·4 | 10·8 |
| 1989 | 3·9 | 5·0 | 11·0 | 9·9 |
| 1990 | 3·7 | 5·0 | 11·9 | 11·7 |
| 11991 | 1·8 | 2·3 | 5·9 | 4·9 |
| 1 January to May 1991. | ||||
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish a table showing the volume and value of imports and exports of fish products other than fish fingers in 1970, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and the current year to date.
The value and volume of trade in fish products other than deep-frozen raw fish fillets, covered with batter or breadcrumbs, are set out in the table. Comparable information is not available for 1970.
| Period | Volume (thousand tonnes) | Value (£ million) | ||
| Imports | Exports | Imports | Exports | |
| 1979 | 208·1 | 171·5 | 262·1 | 102·6 |
| 1987 | 299·2 | 118·5 | 647·4 | 251·6 |
| 1988 | 316·8 | 119·1 | 656·4 | 231·7 |
| 1989 | 361·8 | 131·3 | 741·2 | 256·3 |
| 1990 | 378·8 | 138·0 | 807·1 | 292·6 |
| 11991 | 155·7 | 172·3 | 325·9 | 124·3 |
| 1 January to May | ||||