§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF SILK FABRICS* £ thousands c.i.f. 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Switzerland … … 600 461 450 498 548 Italy … … 411 402 472 480 533 China … … 470 395 281 215 452 France … … 283 266 231 260 329 Japan … … 267 180 183 152 157 India … … 48 54 69 69 76 United States of America … … 53 58 48 51 40 West Germany … … 28 30 17 18 29 Thailand … … 27 26 18 22 22 Republic of Korea … … 0 1 2 3 15 All other countries … … 27 22 42 16 36 TOTAL … … 2,214 1,895 1,813 1,784 2,237 * Sub-group 653.1 of the Overseas Trade Statistics.