HC Deb 19 May 1975 vol 892 cc255-64W
Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) to which countries and in what proportions exports went in 1974 in the non-knitted sector of the textile industry;

(2) from which countries and in what proportion imports came in 1974 in the non-knitted sector of the textile industry;

Mr. Noble

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) from what countries and in what proportions imports came into this country in 1974 in the Lancashire cotton and man-made fibre woven fabric industry, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately;

(2) from which countries and in what proportions exports went in 1974 in the Lancashire and man-made fibre woven industry, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately.

Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) from which countries and in what proportions imports came into this country in 1974 in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector;

(2) to which countries and in what proportions exports went in 1974 in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector.

Mr. Frank R. White

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) from which countries and in what proportions imports came in 1974 in the Lancashire cotton, man-made fibre, spinning textile sector, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately;

(2) to which countries and in what proportions exports went in 1974 in the Lancashire cotton man-made fibre, spinning sector, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately.

Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) from which countries and in what proportion imports came in 1974 in the man-made fibres continuous filament yarn textile sector;

(2) to which countries and in what proportions exports went in 1974 in the man-made fibres continuous filament yarn textile sector.

Mr. Jim Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Trade to which countries and in what proportions exports went in 1974 from the hosiery and knitted goods sector of the textile industry in the East Midlands.

Mr. Deakins

Statistics of overseas trade are not available for industries or geographical regions within the United Kingdom. Using statistics of trade for the United Kingdom as a whole and relating to commodity groups, the following is the country percentage distribution—by value—for 1974:

Imports Exports
commodity Sectors SITC(R) Heading Countries Percentage distribution (by value) Countries Percentage distribution (by value)
Woven fabrics:
cotton … … … … … 652 … … India … … … … 14.8 Irish Republic … … … 8.8
Hong Kong … … … 14.8 South Africa … … … 7.9
U.S.A. … … … … 9.0 Zaire … … … … 6.4
Pakistan … … … … 8.1 Sweden … … … … 6.3
Irish Republic … … … 5.6 New Zealand … … … 5.5
Portugal … … … … 5.3 Australia … … … … 5.2
Switzerland … … … 4.9 U.S.A. … … … … 4.6
China … … … … 4.6 Portugal … … … … 4.5
Belgium and Luxembourg … 4.4 France … … … … 3.7
Netherlands … … … 4.2 Finland … … … … 3.4
Federal Republic of Germany … 4.1 Belgium and Luxembourg … 3.3
France … … … … 3.1 Federal Republic of Germany … 3.2
Other countries … … … 17.1 Other countries … … … 37.2
man-made fibres … … … … 653.5 and 653.6 … U.S.A. … … … … 16.2 Irish Republic … … … 10.5
Italy … … … … 12.2 Sweden … … … … 7.2
Federal Republic of Germany … 8.4 Denmark … … … … 5.7
Austria … … … … 7.3 Finland … … … … 5.5
Hong Kong … … … 6.9 Switzerland … … … 5.1
Portugal … … … … 6.6 Federal Republic of Germany … 4.7
Belgium and Luxembourg … 6.5 New Zealand … … … 4.3
Switzerland … … … 5.8 Austria … … … … 3.7
France … … … … 4.3 France … … … … 3.4
Irish Republic … … … 4.0 Australia … … … … 3.3
Other countries … … … 21.8 Norway … … … … 3.1
South Africa … … … 3.1
Netherlands … … … 2.5
Other countries … … … 37.9
Woollen and worsted (spinning and weaving) 651.2 and 653.2 … Irish Republic … … … 40.9 Japan … … … … 22.4
Italy … … … … 29.0 Federal Republic of Germany … 6.8
France … … … … 4.9 U.S.A. … … … … 5.5
Japan … … … … 3.6 Hong Kong … … … 5.3
Federal Republic of Germany … 3.2 Irish Republic … … … 4.9
Switzerland … … … 2.8 Canada … … … … 4.7
Belgium and Luxembourg … 2.4 France … … … … 3.9
Portugal … … … … 2.4 Denmark … … … … 3.4
India … … … … 1.3 Australia … … … … 3.4
Other countries … … … 9.5 Switzerland … … … 2.7
Italy … … … … 2.5
Other countries … … … 34.5
Imports Exports
commodity Sectors SITC(R) Heading Countries Percentage distribution (by value) Countries Percentage distribution (by value)
Spinning Sector:
cotton … … … … … 651.3 and 651.4 … Portugal … … … … 18.1 Finland … … … … 12.9
Hong Kong … … … 10.2 Irish Republic … … … 10.3
Turkey … … … … 9.8 Sweden … … … … 9.8
Greece … … … … 7.9 Australia … … … … 8.5
Switzerland … … … 7.3 France … … … … 7.1
Irish Republic … … … 7.1 Denmark … … … … 6.1
Spain … … … … 3.8 Federal Republic Germany … 5.8
Netherlands … … … 3.7 New Zealand … … … 5.1
Pakistan … … … … 3.7 Norway … … … … 4.8
U.S.A. … … … … 3.6 South Africa … … … 3.5
Federal Republic Germany … 3.5 Canada … … … … 3.5
Other countries … … … 21.3 Other countries … … … 22.6
man-made fibres … … … … 651.64 and 651.74 Irish Republic … … … 29.8 Irish Republic … … … 26.3
Australia … … … … 17.1 Sweden … … … … 10.7
Taiwan … … … … 9.3 Denmark … … … … 8.4
Federal Republic of Germany … 5.3 U.S.S.R. … … … … 6.6
Switzerland … … … 5.0 Australia … … … … 5.4
France … … … … 4.7 Canada … … … … 3.7
Republic of Korea … … 4.4 France … … … … 3.7
Italy … … … … 4.0 Norway … … … … 2.8
Japan … … … … 2.3 Finland … … … … 2.6
Other countries … … … 27.3
Non-knitted sector … … … … 652.0, 653.2, 653.5 and 653.6 U.S.A. … … … … 12.3 Japan … … … … 14.7
Hong Kong … … … 10.1 Irish Republic … … … 6.6
Italy … … … … 9.1 Sweden … … … … 4.9
India … … … … 6.7 Federal Republic of Germany … 4.7
Federal Republic of Germany … 6.3 U.S.A. … … … … 4.1
Portugal … … … … 5.9 France … … … … 4.0
Belgium and Luxembourg … 5.4 Canada … … … … 3.7
Irish Republic … … … 5.3 Hong Kong … … … 3.5
Switzerland … … … 5.2 Australia … … … … 3.5
France … … … … 3.8 South Africa … … … 3.4
Pakistan … … … … 3.6 Finland … … … … 3.3
Netherlands … … … 3.0 New Zealand … … … 3.2
Other Countries … … … 23.3 Denmark … … … … 2.8
Switzerland … … … 2.6
Belgium and Luxembourg … 2.5
Other Countries … … … 32.5
Imports Exports
commodity Sectors SITC(R) Heading Countries Percentage distribution (by value) Countries Percentage distribution (by value)
Man-made fibres continuous filament yarn … 651.61, 651.63, 651.71, and 651.73 Federal Republic of Germany … 28.0 Irish Republic … … … 7.4
Switzerland … … … 13.5 Sweden … … … … 6.1
U.S.A. … … … … 11.8 U.S.S.R. … … … … 6.0
Irish Republic … … … 8.5 Portugal … … … … 5.7
Italy … … … … 7.1 Federal Republic of Germany … 5.1
Austria … … … … 7.0 France … … … … 4.5
Netherlands … … … 5.4 Switzerland … … … 4.1
France … … … … 4.8 Finland … … … … 4.0
Belgium and Luxembourg … 3.5 South Africa … … … 3.9
Denmark … … … … 2.0 Denmark … … … … 3.6
Japan … … … … 1.3 Austria … … … … 3.4
Other Countries … … … 7.1 Netherlands … … … 2.8
U.S.A. … … … … 2.7
Iran … … … … 2.6
Belgium and Luxembourg … 2.4
Other Countries … … … 35.7
Hosiery and knitted goods … … … 841.41 to 841.44 Irish Republic … … … 12.2
U.S.A. … … … … 10.3
Switzerland … … … 7.1
Sweden … … … … 6.7
France … … … … 5.9
Canada … … … … 5.9
Federal Republic Germany … 5.7
Norway … … … … 5.1
Denmark … … … … 5.0
Australia … … … … 3.3
Japan … … … … 2.6
Hong Kong … … … 2.4
Other Countries … … … 27.8

Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the level of exports in each quarter of 1973, 1974 and the first quarter of 1975 by volume and value in the non-knitted sector of the textile industry;

(2) what was the level of imports in each quarter of 1973, 1974 and the first quarter of 1975 by volume and value in the non-knitted sector of the textile industry.

Mr. Noble

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the level of imports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975, by volume and by value, in the Lancashire cotton and man-made fibre woven fabric industry, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately;

(2) what was the level of exports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975, by volume and by value, in the Lancashire cotton and man-made fibre woven fabric industry taking cotton and man-made fibres separately.

Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the level of imports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974, and the first quarter of 1975, by volume and by value, in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving textile sector;

(2) what was the level of exports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974, and the first quarter of 1975, by volume and by value, in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector;

Mr. Frank R. White

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the level of imports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975 by volume and by value in the Lancashire cotton, man-made fibre, spinning textile sector, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately;

(2) what was the level of exports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975 by volume and by value in the Lancashire cotton, man-made fibre, spinning textile sector, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately.

Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the level of imports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974, and the first quarter of 1975 by volume and by value in the man-made fibres continuous filament yarns textile sector;

(2) what was the level of exports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975 by volume and by value in the man-made fibres continuous filament yarns textile sector.

Mr. Jim Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the level of imports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975, by volume and by value, in the hosiery and knitted goods;

(2) what was the level of exports in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975, by volume and by value, in the hosiery and knitted goods textile sector in the East Midlands.

Mr. Eric Deakins

Statistics of overseas trade are not available for industries or geographical regions within the United Kingdom.

Statistics of overseas trade for the United Kingdom as a whole, and relating to commodity groups, for the quarters of 1973, 1974 and the first quarter of 1975 may be derived from Tables III and VI in the appropriate March, June, September and December issues of the monthly "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom". The headings relevant to this set of questions are given in the following table:

Commodity group SITC(R) Heading
Woven fabrics:
Cotton 652
Man-made fibres 653.5 and 653.6
Woollen and worsted (spinning and weaving) 651.2 and 653.2
Spinning sector:
Cotton 651.3 and 651.4
Man-made fibres 651.64 and 651.74
Non-knitted sector of the textile industry 652, 653.2, 653.5 and 653.6
Man-made fibres continuous filament yarn 651.61,651.63,651.71 and 651.73
Hosiery and knitted goods 841.41, 841.42. 841.43 and 841.44