§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Minister for Trade if he will give the figures for cotton and allied textile imports, broken down by country of origin, so far available for 1982.
United Kingdom top* 10 expoert markets Import volume Percentage change on previous year 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 United States of America 4.7 -1.5 -11.9 21.7 10.8 10.2 0.2 -7.1 2.5 ‡-3.0 Federal Republic of Germany 5.4 -3.6 0.6 14.4 3.7 7.7 8.9 2.2 .3.7 ‡1-5 Netherlands 12.2 4.0 -4.8 11.0 2.7 6.1 5.8 -1.6 -7.1 †0.9 France 13.7 4.3 -7.1 20.8 0.8 5.2 11.6 6.3 -3.4 †6.0 Ireland 20.2 -2.0 -13.4 15.2 12.8 14.5 14.4 -4.5 2.4 †2.3 Belgium/Luxembourg 15.9 2.0 -3.8 13.0 3.5 3.4 5.8 1.6 -3.8 ‡0.8 Italy 12.0 5.5 -11.3 17.6 -2.8 8.7 13.4 2.0 -9.4 †9.l Sweden 10.4 14.1 3.1 4.0 -1.9 -6.7 14.7 0.9 -8.2 n/a Saudi Arabia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Nigeria n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Notes: * As in 1982. † January to June 1982 on same period 1981. ‡ January to September 1982 on same period 1981. Source: International Financial Statistics.