§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on production and exports of wool manufactures given in
Table 1 Production of wool, hair and man-made fibre tops* '000 tonnes 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom† 92 79 66 70 67 70 76 82 Federal Republic of Germany 54 58 57 50 40 39 47 51 France 127 137 136 136 121 123 127 126 Italy‡ 264 287 263 281 271 274 300 313 United States of America 44 39 49 49 47 49 45 38 Japan║ 80 87 76 71 75 64 70 75 Notes: * Figures include production of carded silver and man-made fibre tow converted to top without combing. † Includes also production outside the wool industry for use by the wool industry. ‡ Including some tops of other non-wool fibres. ║ Excludes man-made fibre tops. Source: Annual report on Wool Statistics by the Commonwealth Secretariat, International Wool Study Group and International Wool Textile Organisation.
Table 2 Total production of yarns by the wool textile industry* '000 tonnes 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom† 183 174 141 131 115 121 127 134 Federal Republic of Germany† 147 144 147 125 110 114 124 72 Italy 504 549 536 521 488 495 536 552 France 136 138 134 125 113 108 107 106 United States of America‡ 502 525 470 520 519 514 506 n.a. Japan║ 298 313 303 282 294 282 308 306 Notes: * Includes woollen and worsted yarns and yarns of other fibres and mixtures. † Revised series. ‡ Series covers total production of yarns by wool textile industry; series given on 5 December 1979, Official Report, column 224 covered only yarns which were predominantly of wool. Source: Annual report on Wool Statistics by the Commonwealth Secretariat, International Wool Study Group and International Wool Textile Organisation.
Table 3 Production of finished woven fabrics (apparel and non-apparel) including blankets, by the wool textile industry (of wool or other.fibres) '000 tonnes 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom* 57 53 46 37 38 35 33 34 Federal Republic of Germany 38 40 42 36 30 29 31 28 Italy 188 213 212 206 191 199 204 207 France 63 65 57 52 49 48 48 50 United States of America† 58 52 48 45 32 38 42 38 Japan‡ 112 115 105 102 101 107 116 110 Notes * Deliveries. † Comprises only fabrics containing by weight 50 per cent or more of virgin or reprocessed wool. ‡ Weight of yarns consumed in wearing inclusive of usage of wool yarns outside the industry. Sources Annual report on Wool Statistics by the Commonwealth Secretariat, International Wool Study Group and International Wool Textile Organisation.
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Table 4 Exports of wool and hair tops (including carded wool) '000 tonnes 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom 16.3 15.6 15.5 16.2 17.0 18.9 19.5 18.3 Federal Republic of Germany 7.6 10.9 9.6 10.4 8.6 8.4 14.1 13.4 France 39.7 49.1 47.4 51.7 46.6 48.1 51.9 55.0 Italy 1.1 1.0 1.5 2.0 1.9 2.5 3.6 3.1 United States of America1 0.6 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.9 1.7 1.1 3.9 Japan 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.8 0.7 the reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 5 December 1979, Official Report, column 224.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is as follows:
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Notes 1 Excluding small quantities of hair tops. Source Annual report on Wool Statistics by the Commonwealth Secretariat, International Wool Study Group and International Wool Textile Organisation.
Table 5 Exports of woollen and worsted yarms '000 tonnes 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom* 16.2 16.5 16.8 15.4 14.3 15.0 16.7 17.4 Federal Republic of Germany 7.3 7.9 9.8 11.4 10.9 12.3 14.3 15.7 France 19.4 18.2 19.8 18.5 14.5 15.2 14.9 13.9 Italy 8.7 8.3 7.3 9.4 10.7 13.3 15.5 15.4 United States of America 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 Japan 9.2 6.7 17.4 15.2 9.1 13.1 11.5 8.8 Notes: * Includes small quantities of yarn classified as neither woollen or worsted. Source: Annual report on Wool Statistics by the Commonwealth Secretariat, International Wool Study Group and International Wool Textile Organisation.
Table 6 Exports of woven wool fabrics (apparel and non-apparel including blankets) '000 tonnes 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom 17.2 15.8 15.3 14.5 13.0 12.2 13.8 14.7 Federal Republic of Germany 14.1 14.7 15.5 14.8 12.2 13.0 14.2 18.5 France 6.4 6.8 7.1 6.5 5.9 5.5 6.1 6.8 Italy 57.3 61.4 56.1 59.6 57.1 64.7 63.7 *61.8 United States of America 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 n/a Japan† 2.9 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.4 2.6 2.9 2.9 Notes: * Partly estimated. † Includes wool/silk mixture fabrics. Source: Annual report on Wool Statistics by the Commonwealth Secretariat, International Wool Study Group and International Wool Textile Organisation.