§ Mr. Hall-Davisasked the Secretary of State for Trade what has been the increase in volume and the increase in value of imports of textile piece goods and made-up garments, respectively, for the latest three-month period for which the information is available, compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.
§ Mr. DeakinsVolume information is not available. Comparing the fourth
£ million cif Country of Consignment Petroleum, crude and partly refined for further refining (SITC(R) 331) Petroleum Products including Petroleum Gases (SITC(R) 332 and 341) 1972 1973 1974 1972 1973 1974 Federal Republic of Germany … … … 5.2 1.8 7.5 5.0 6.9 13.8 Netherlands … … … … … 11.8 13.4 96.4 82.7 97.1 214.1 Belgium/Luxembourg … … … … 0.9 0.4 7.5 23.3 44.4 50.2 France … … … … … … 3.5 6.2 13.8 14.7 21.3 44.9 Italy … … … … … … 3.2 2.8 4.7 31.1 48.5 81.4 Denmark … … … … … … 0.3 0.2 — 1.8 2.2 5.8 Irish Republic … … … … … 16.2 36.7 144.1 4.7 4.3 12.9