To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what volume of (a) whitewood and (b) redwood was imported into the UK in each quarter of each year since 2004. (144479)

HM Revenue and Customs Overseas Trade Statistics give the following figures for imports of the following Combined Nomenclature trade codes; the first four cover spruce and silver fir seeking to provide figures for “whitewood”, while the second four cover pine, particularly Scots Pine, seeking to provide figures for “redwood”:

CN44032011: Coniferous wood, in the rough or roughly squared, not treated with paint, stains or preservatives: Sawlogs of coniferous wood in rough, not treated: spruce of kind picea abies karst or silver fir

CN44032019: Coniferous wood, in the rough or roughly squared, not treated with paint, stains or preservatives: Other coniferous wood in rough: spruce of kind picea abies karst or silver fir not treated other than sawlogs

CN44071031: Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed etc., of thickness greater than 6 mm: Wood sawn lengthwise—planed—spruce of the kind picea abies karst or silver fir (abies alba mill)

CN44071091: Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed etc., of thickness greater than 6 mm: Wood sawn lengthwise coniferous wood spruce unsorted and other than unsorted

CN44032031: Coniferous wood, in the rough or roughly squared, not treated with paint, stains or preservatives: Sawlogs of coniferous wood in rough not treated: pine of kind pinus sylvestris L.

CN44032039: Coniferous wood, in the rough or roughly squared, not treated with paint, stains or preservatives: Coniferous wood, in rough, not treated: pine of kind pinus sylvestris L, other than sawlogs

CN44071033: Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed etc., of thickness greater than 6 mm: Pine of the kind of pinus sylvestris L.

CN44071093: Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed etc., of thickness greater than 6 mm: Sawn lengthwise coniferous wood pine unsorted mixtures of spruce/pine and other coniferous wood