HC Deb 18 April 1973 vol 855 c145W
Mr. Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF SILK FABRICS*
£ thousands c.i.f.
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Switzerland … … 600 461 450 498 548
Italy … … 411 402 472 480 533
China … … 470 395 281 215 452
France … … 283 266 231 260 329
Japan … … 267 180 183 152 157
India … … 48 54 69 69 76
United States of America … … 53 58 48 51 40
West Germany … … 28 30 17 18 29
Thailand … … 27 26 18 22 22
Republic of Korea … … 0 1 2 3 15
All other countries … … 27 22 42 16 36
TOTAL … … 2,214 1,895 1,813 1,784 2,237
* Sub-group 653.1 of the Overseas Trade Statistics.