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Electric Cables

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the (a) volume and (b) monetary value was of imports to the UK of fire-resistant electric cable from (i) the EU, (ii) non EU countries and (iii) China and India in each of the last five years. (247117)

The information requested is not available because the system of classification used to record trade does not separately identify fire-resistant electric cable.

The UK's imports of all types of electrical wire, cable and other conductors, are as follows:

£ million

Metric tonnes

2003

Total imports

1,140

325,839

EU27 countries

971

204,412

Non-EU countries

169

121,427

China

71

37,279

India

5

3,705

2004

Total imports

1,282

353,392

EU27 countries

857

216,763

Non-EU countries

425

136,630

China

72

37,696

India

7

4,116

2005

Total imports

1,298

337,313

EU27 countries

798

186,995

Non-EU countries

500

150,317

China

84

40,312

India

15

6,649

2006

Total imports

1,658

371,494

EU27 countries

968

194,184

Non-EU countries

690

177,310

China

122

44,763

India

26

8,194

2007

Total imports

2,024

442,594

EU27 countries

1,216

243,583

Non-EU countries

808

199,011

China

153

49,990

India

30

8,888

Note:

Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) 773.1—Insulated electrical wire, cable and other conductors, with or without connectors