HC Deb 07 February 1968 vol 758 cc120-2W
101 and 102. Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will categorise by volume and value the textile imports from the European Free Trade Association countries for 1967;

(2) whether he will categorise by volume and value the textile exports to the European Free Trade Association countries for 1967.

Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu:

The information is as follows:

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF TEXTILES* FROM E.F.T.A. COUNTRIES IN 1967, INCLUDING TEXTILES FOR PROCESS AND RE-EXPORT
Finland Sweden Norway Denmark Switzerland Portugal† Liechtenstein Austria Values c.i.j. Total E.F.T.A.
Unit of Quantity Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000
Wool yarn and tops thous. lbs. 3 0 4 4 13 8 31 15 25 41 80 59 — — 147 94 304 222
Man-mad fibres and yarns thous. lbs. 8,708 1,035 9,020 1,103 3,296 410 1,461 700 15,089 4,000 907 200 45 36 6,516 1,220 45,041 8,705
Cotton yarn thous. lbs. 15 2 47 11 — — 80 23 1,502 630 6,419 1,304 — — 93 47 8,155 2,018
Flax yarn thous. lbs. — — 175 41 — — 1 1 12 7 3 1 — — 186 32 377 81
Other yarn thous. lbs. 0 0 10 2 0 0 386 39 23 57 207 15 — — 0 1 626 115
Woven cotton fabrics

cwts

 3,177 174 10,616 784 474 17 1,382 72 15,046 1,753 111,229 3,114 — — 14,532 916 156,456 6,829
Woven wool fabrics thous lbs 4 4 51 61 35 32 141 160 154 224 337 257 11 18 37 55 769 811
Woven linen fabrics Sq. yds. 485 0 23,143 7 1,451 0 17,501 6 31,347 13 8,951 3 — — 247 0 83,133 29
Woven man-made fibre fabrics thous. lbs. 198 58 424 335 26 20 80 66 1,992 1,777 2,821 1,028 1 0 6,409 2,440 11,952 5,728
Other fabrics .. .. 86 .. 621 .. 130 .. 461 .. 2,659 .. 1,442 .. 1 .. 1,963 .. 7,360
Made-up articles mother than clothing .. .. 27 .. 140 .. 42 .. 89 .. 135 .. 3,122 .. — .. 125 .. 3,681
Clothing .. .. 349 .. 2,195 .. 517 .. 1,537 .. 2,674 .. 4,763 .. 1 .. 2,718 .. 14,753
Totals .. 1,735 .. 5,304 .. 1,176 .. 3,169 .. 13,970 .. 15,308 .. 56 .. 9,611 .. 50,332
*In addition to textiles (S,I.T.C. Division 65) the table includes wool tops, man-made fibres, and clothing, but floor coverings and tapestries have not been included.
†Portugal includes the Azores and Madeira. 0 =Less than 500. —=Nil..=No common unit of quantity.

UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS OF TEXTILES*TO E.F.T.A. COUNTRIES IN 1967
Finland Sweden Norway Denmark Switzerland Portugal† Liechtenstein Austria Values c.i.j. Total E.F.T.A.
Unit of Quantity Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000 Quantity £'000
Wool yarn and tops thous. lbs. 4,057 1,736 4,276 1,860 3,495 1,694 6,350 3,044 1,572 727 264 212 — — 1,701 1,069 21,733 10,342
Man-made fibres and yarn thous. lbs. 6,121 2,452 9,592 4,185 3,887 1,573 6,095 2,050 12,807 5,082 10,663 2,858 4 1 4,495 1,195 53,663 19,396
Cotton yarn thous 594 385 796 585 891 450 802 429 27 29 68 62 — — 36 19 3,214 1,959
Flax yarn thous. Lbs 57 21 264 105 53 41 89 65 237 103 17 15 — — 63 25 781 375
Other yarn thous.lbs 338 20 81 12 59 12 1,670 194 15 10 8 4 — — 11 4 2,182 256
Woven cotton fabrics Cwts 3,984 210 10,783 602 7,699 425 10,575 588 2,376 202 3,391 302 0 0 1,751 125 40,559 2,455
Woven wool fabrics thous.lbs 1,007 1,020 3,231 3,409 734 897 2,816 2,824 1,119 1,436 100 196 — — 787 1,101 9,794 10,883
Woven man-made fibre fabrics thous.lbs 291 285 3,123 1,543 507 473 830 815 456 451 33 39 0 0 411 221 5,650 3,827
Other fabrics .. .. 1,073 .. 2,738 .. 1,335 .. 1,437 .. 888 .. 252 .. 0 .. 328 .. 8,051
Made-up articles other than clothing .. .. 63 .. 296 .. 187 .. 496 .. 84 .. 13 .. — .. 32 .. 1,171
Clothing .. .. 569 .. 5,553 .. 2,109 .. 2,832 .. 5,099 .. 251 .. 0 .. 1,286 .. 17,700
Totals .. 7,852 .. 21,259 .. 9,321 .. 14,951 .. 14,194 .. 4,453 .. 1 .. 5,436 .. 77,469
*In addition to textiles (S.I.T.C. Division 65) the table includes wool tops, man-made fibres, and clothing, but floor coverings and tapestries have not seen included.
†Portugal includes the Azores and Madeira. 0 =Less than 500. —=Nil..=No common unit of quantity.