§ Mr. Thorntonasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total of imports of cotton cloth and cotton made-up articles in the first quarter of 1967 expressed as a percentage of United Kingdom production of cotton cloth for the same period; and what were the 200W comparable figures for 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963 and 1962.
§ Mr. JayIn the first quarter of 1967 the percentage in terms of square yards of cloth is estimated at 104 per cent. Annual estimates for recent years are given in the table below. The figures of imports include imports for re-export and imports for further processing and subsequent export.
1962 … … … … 62 1963 … … … … 69 1964 … … … … 81 1965 … … … … 65 1966 … … … … 76