Cotton Yarn and Man-made Fibres (Production)

HC Deb 23 October 1956 vol 558 cc18-9W

Mr. H. Wilson

asked the President of the Board of Trade to state the production of cotton yarn, in pounds, of rayon and of all other man-made fibres, in the United Kingdom for each year from 1951 to 1955, inclusive.

Mr. P. Thomeycroft

Production of cotton yarn and man-made fibres was as follows :

—	Cotton Yarn	Man-made Fibres*
Single (including waste yarn)	Doubled
	Million lb.	Million lb.	Million lb.
1951	967.7	273.8	384.0
1952	673.2	188.5	283.0
1953	792.0†	198.8†	419.3
1954	841.5	217.8	447.6
1955	747.3	200.4	471.8
* Figures for 1955 include all man-made fibres in commercial production. The figures for the earlier years are not available on a comparable basis and they relate to rayon and nylon only.
† 53 weeks.

I regret that statistics of production of rayon and all other man-made fibres separately are not available.