Exports Hywel Williams To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what the monetary value was of high technology sector exports from Wales (a) in total and (b) to China in the last five years; (2) what the monetary value was of exports from each (a) sector and (b) industry in Wales in each of the last five years; (3) what estimate he has made of the monetary value of financial services provided from Wales to overseas in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of UK exports (a) in total and (b) to China such services accounted for in each of the last five years; Mr. Hain A breakdown of total Welsh exports by product sector is provided in Table 1 and similar data for exports to China are provided in Table 2. No breakdown exists that details high technology products although some of the industries in the tables do have high technology as a feature of their activity. For exports to China, information can be provided only for the top four industries and no breakdown of the export of financial services is available. These figures clearly demonstrate the vibrancy of Welsh exports and their strength in new markets with total exports to China in creasing by over 60 per cent. in the last year for which figures are available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Value (£ million) | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Year ending:| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Product sector |Q3 2005|Q3 2006|Q3 2007|Q3 2008|Q3 20091| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Energy |1,248.5|1,732.0|1,649.6|2,339.8|1,933.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Engineering |1,433.7|1,441.1|1,169.6|1,170.6|1,865.7| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Metals |1,654.7|1,855.2|2,204.8|2,397.8|1,649.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chemicals |1,319.5|1,108.6|1,075.3|1,168.8|1,093.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |IT and electronics |490.5|458.6|397.8|661.3|554.4| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Automotive |845.3|888.4|792.0|562.0|402.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals |103.0|145.4|292.5|429.1|362.1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Household goods |446.9|349.3|337.2|294.3|248.4| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Healthcare |182.7|188.8|177.6|206.2|193.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Paper and packaging |197.0|153.7|190.4|184.2|187.7| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Telecommunications |221.8|325.3|141.8|145.5|146.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Giftware |129.8|101.3|96.0|111.4|135.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Agriculture |123.0|146.7|117.2|96.4|115.2| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Recreation and leisure |57.2|97.3|95.7|98.0|103.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Food and drink |56.5|43.7|36.2|65.0|76.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oil and gas |29.8|51.3|58.1|68.2|75.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Building |83.3|92.1|86.8|85.6|73.7| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Environment |29.5|27.2|29.1|35.8|39.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Textiles |46.2|48.3|38.7|35.8|33.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Clothing |15.9|16.3|21.6|25.4|29.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Security |22.7|20.3|23.4|26.6|23.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Creative and media |41.5|22.3|14.1|14.2|18.0| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Transport |9.8|16.6|10.0|9.0|12.4| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unknown |0.3|0.7|12.1|22.4|23.4| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |8,788.9|9,330.5|9,067.6|10,253.5|9,397.7| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 ProvisionalSource:Statistics and Analysis of Trade Unit, HM Revenue and Customs, 25 November 2009| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Value (£ million) | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Year ending:| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Product sector |Q3 2005|Q3 2006|Q3 2007|Q3 2008|Q3 20091| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 4 sectors by value in latest year |||||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Engineering |123.3|101.3|58.1|68.7|153.8| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chemicals |10.7|13.8|14.2|13.5|19.0| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Metals |38.1|29.6|28.3|26.8|19.0| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Automotive |1.5|2.1|4.0|4.4|5.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other |13.4|12.0|12.1|18.8|17.0| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |187.0|158.8|116.7|132.2|214.4| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 ProvisionalSource:Statistics and Analysis of Trade Unit, HM Revenue and Customs, 25 November 2009| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------