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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many tonnes of sand have been imported in each of the last five years.
[146006]
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many tonnes of sand have been imported in each of the last five years.
[146006]
Asked by
Andrew Rosindell
(Conservative)
Answered by
Michael Fallon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 February 2013
For answer on
1 March 2013
Answered on
4 March 2013
UK imports of sand in tonnes are shown in the following table, based on the Harmonised System Classification (HS). The total for “All natural sands” has also been separated into silica/quartz sands and other natural sands:
| UK
sand imports,
2008-12 | |||
| Tonnes | |||
| All
natural sands (HS
2505) | Silica
sands and quartz sands, whether or not coloured (HS
250510) | Natural
sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured (excl. silica sands, quartz
sands, gold- and platinum-bearing sands, zircon, rutile and ilmenite
sands, monazite sands, and tar or asphalt sands) (HS
250590) | |
| 2008 | 376,362 | 49,560 | 326,802 |
| 2009 | 314,599 | 76,689 | 237,910 |
| 2010 | 316,535 | 134,559 | 181,976 |
| 2011 | 579,680 | 310,715 | 268,965 |
| 2012 | 421,506 | 138,445 | 283,061 |
| Source: BIS analysis of HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics on www.uktradeinfo.com as at 1 March 2013 |
Subjects
Imports; Sand
Date
4 March 2013
Reference
146006; 559 c881W
House
House of Commons