§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will list the value and amounts of the monthly imports of foreign made clothing since June, 1970;
(2) if he will list the principal countries of origin of imported clothing into Great Britain in 1970, 1971 and for the first three months of 1972, respectively.
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§ Mr. NobleMonthly and cumulative values of imports of clothing—that is, Division 84 of the Standard International Trade Classification (Revised)—in total and by countries, are given in Table II of the monthly "overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom"; as different units of quantity are used it is not meaningful to summarise the quantities of clothing imports as a whole.
§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will list the value and amount of the monthly imports of foreign made clothing made either partly or wholly of wool since June, 1970;
(2) if he will list the principal countries of origin of imported clothing composed wholly or partly of wool into Great Britain in 1970, 1971 and the first three months of 1972, respectively.
§ Mr. NobleClothing containing wool is not consistently distinguished in the overseas trade statistics. The following figures are totals of those items in Division 84 (Clothing) of the Guide to the Classification of the Overseas Trade Statistics for 1970 and 1971, 106 items, and 1972, 26 items, which specify a wool content. Because of the changes in classification the figures for 1972 are not comparable with those for 1970 and 1971. As different units of quantity are used it is not meaningful to summarise the quantities of these items.
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£ thousands cif 1970 July 1,356 August 2,066 September 2,976 October 2,978 November 2,471 December 1,924 1971 January 1,703 February 1,981 March 1,937 April 1,629 May 1,514 June 2,003 July 2,418 August 2,761 September 3,615 October 3,310 November 2,491 December 1,729 1972 January 1,616 February 2,001 March 1,937 April 1,242 The principal supplying countries in 1972 were:
- Hong Kong
- Irish Republic
- France
- Switzerland
- West Germany
- Sweden
Similar information for 1970 and 1971 is not readily available.
§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the amounts and values of wool cloth imported into the United Kingdom each month since June, 1970.
§ Mr. NobleThe information for 1971 and 1972 is given under heading SITC(R) 653.2 in Table III of the monthly "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kindgom". Following is the information for July to December, 1970:
Square Yards £ thousands c.i.f. July 1,488,114 715 August 1,333,872 643 September 1,378,237 654 October 1,587,845 744 November 1,121,598 552 December 940,929 499
§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the principal countries of origin of imported wool cloth into the United Kingdom in 1970, 1971 and the first three months of 1972, respectively.
§ Mr. NobleThe information is given following heading SITC(R) 653.2 in Table III of the December, 1970, December 1971, and March, 1972, issues of the "Overseas Trade Statistics".