Asked by: Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff Central)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the value of exports to the EU from Welsh (a) agriculture, (b) aerospace, (c) construction, (d) electronics, (e) manufacturing, (f) renewable energy, (g) services, (h) textile and (i) fishing industries was in the last six years.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The information below detail the value of exports to the EU for all industries in Wales at Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) levels 1 & 2 in Quarter 3 2016. Due to recent revisions in HMRC methods, data before this currently uses the previous methodology. My officials have been in contact with HMRC and have been told the historic figures using the new methods will be published shortly.
SITC 1 Level
Exports to the EU Quarter 3 2016 | (£000’s) |
0 - Food & live animals | 59568 |
1 - Beverages & tobacco | 7277 |
2 - Crude materials, inedible, except fuels | 13573 |
3 - Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials | 181245 |
4 - Animal & vegetable oils, fats & waxes | 1013 |
5 - Chemicals & related products, nes | 220020 |
6 - Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material | 293702 |
7 - Machinery & transport equipment | 984245 |
8 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 165824 |
9 - Commodities/transactions not class'd elsewhere in SITC | 18698 |
SITC 2 Level
Exports to the EU Quarter 3 2016 | (£000’s) |
00 - Live animals other than animals of division 03 | 616 |
01 - Meat & meat preparations | 19227 |
02 - Dairy products & birds' eggs | 9181 |
03 - Fish, crustaceans, molluscs & aq.inverts & preps thereof | 7593 |
04 - Cereals & cereal preparations | 8812 |
05 - Vegetables & fruit | 1715 |
06 - Sugar, sugar preparations & honey | 603 |
07 - Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices & manufactures thereof | 2009 |
08 - Feeding stuff for animals (not inc.unmilled cereals) | 2484 |
09 - Miscellaneous edible products & preparations | 7328 |
11 - Beverages | 7272 |
12 - Tobacco & tobacco manufactures | 5 |
21 - Hides, skins & furskins, raw | 486 |
22 - Oil seeds & oleaginous fruits | 8 |
23 - Crude rubber (including synthetic & reclaimed) | 129 |
24 - Cork & wood | 309 |
25 - Pulp & waste paper | 221 |
26 - Textile fibres not manufactured & their waste etc | 583 |
27 - Crude fertilizers & crude minerals (exc fuels etc) | 310 |
28 - Metalliferous ores & metal scrap | 10566 |
29 - Crude animal & vegetable materials n.e.s. | 961 |
32 - Coal, coke & briquettes | 1209 |
33 - Petroleum, petroleum products & related materials | 172034 |
34 - Gas, natural & manufactured | 5041 |
35 - Electric current | 2961 |
41 - Animal oils & fats | 611 |
42 - Fixed vegetable fats & oils, crude, refined, fractionated | 301 |
43 - Animal or vegetable fats & oils, processed, & waxes | 101 |
51 - Organic chemicals | 34390 |
52 - Inorganic chemicals | 2038 |
53 - Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials | 18593 |
54 - Medicinal & pharmaceutical products | 56479 |
55 - Essential oils & perfume materials; toilet preps etc | 20046 |
56 - Fertilizers (other than those of group 272) | 131 |
57 - Plastics in primary forms | 34570 |
58 - Plastics in non-primary forms | 28120 |
59 - Chemical materials & products n.e.s. | 25653 |
61 - Leather, leather manufactures n.e.s & dressed furskins | 131 |
62 - Rubber manufactures n.e.s. | 27340 |
63 - Cork & wood manufactures (excluding furniture) | 1113 |
64 - Paper, paperboard & manufactures thereof | 29447 |
65 - Textile yarn, fabrics, made up articles etc | 8493 |
66 - Non-metallic mineral manufactures n.e.s. | 17717 |
67 - Iron & steel | 60142 |
68 - Non-ferrous metals | 100491 |
69 - Manufactures of metal n.e.s. | 48828 |
71 - Power generating machinery & equipment | 13727 |
72 - Machinery specialized for particular industries | 19750 |
73 - Metalworking machinery | 1757 |
74 - General industrial machinery & eqp. & machine pt.n.e.s. | 31429 |
75 - Office machines & adp machines | 36220 |
76 - Telecomms & sound recording & reproducing app. & eqp. | 17308 |
77 - Ele machinery, app & appliances & ele pt thereof n.e.s. | 66903 |
78 - Road vehicles (including air cushion vehicles) | 110982 |
79 - Other transport equipment | 686169 |
81 - P/fab buildings; sanit., plumbing, heating &lighting fixt. | 3929 |
82 - Furniture & parts thereof; bedding, mattresses etc | 25936 |
83 - Travel goods, handbags & similar containers | 2240 |
84 - Articles of apparel & clothing accessories | 18614 |
85 - Footwear | 6234 |
87 - Professional, scientific & controlling ins & app n.e.s. | 21485 |
88 - Photographic & optical goods, n.e.s.; watches & clocks | 7758 |
89 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles n.e.s. | 79628 |
93 - Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind | 17352 |
96 - Coin (other than gold coin), not being of legal tender | 0 |
98 - Military arms and ammunition | 1346 |
Asked by: Lord Kinnock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to respond to the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel and Metal Related Industries <i>Steel 2020: Forging a future for the British Steel Industry</i>.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Steel and Metal Related Industries has written to us with a copy of this report. We appreciate the time and work that has gone into this document which puts forward interesting points and recommendations. These align with the key objectives industry has asked of Government, and we have made good progress in delivering energy cost relief – paying £133m to the steel sector - EU emissions regulations, tackling the dumping of steel in the EU, reforming procurement guidelines and publishing a pipeline of procurement opportunities for the steel sector. Our goal is to work with the UK steel sector to create the right environment for investment and growth. We will continue to engage with the All Party Group as we seek to find a long-term viable solution for the industry.