Textile Machinery

HC Deb 17 February 1964 vol 689 cc162-3W

Mr. Thornton

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development what was the value of British exports of textile machinery to China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe, respectively, in 1963; and what proportion this represented of total exports of this type of machinery.

Mr. Heath

The following is the information:

UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS OF TEXTILE MACHINERY, 1963*
—	£	Percentage of Total Exports
Total Exports	66,558,573	—
Of which:
To U.S.S.R.	4,390,298	6.6
To Rest of Eastern Europe	2,342,658	3.5
To China	75,768	0.1
* Following a change in classification in 1963 the figures now include exports of laundering and dry cleaning machinery. In 1963 total exports of this machinery were £2,701,902 of which £5,684 and £60,988 were exported to the U.S.S.R. and the rest of Eastern Europe respectively.