HC Deb 19 May 1975 vol 892 cc247-9W
Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what level of capacity is being achieved in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector.

age of domestic sales in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the 1st quarter of 1975 by value and by volume in the Lancashire cotton, man-made fibre, spinning textile sector, taking cotton and man-made fibres separately.

Mr. Meacher

Estimated import penetration in terms of quantity was:

under-utilisation of capacity in the production of both man-made staple fibres and man-made fibre continuous filament yarn was up to 30 per cent.

Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the level of home production 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. Meacher

Production of man-made continuous filament yarns was:

penetration as a percentage of domestic sales 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. Meacher

Estimated import penetration in terms of quantity was:

Mr. Meacher

There are no official statistics of the level of capacity achieved in the woollen and worsted textile sector. In February the industry estimated that the level of capacity being achieved in the wool textile industry was 75 per cent.

Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the level of home production in each quarter of 1973, each quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1975, by volume and value in the woollen and worsted, spinning and weaving, textile sector.

Million kilograms
1973 1974 1975
Q. 1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Q. 1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Q. 1
64.7 58.1 51.6 60.9 50.9 60.3 48.6 50.6 49.7
Deliveries of woolen and worsted woven cloth by the woollen and worsted industry were:
Million square metres
1973 1974 1975
Q. 1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Q. 1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Q. 1
49 49 43 50 43 47 42 42 38
Source: Wool Industry Bureau of Statistics.

Corresponding value figures for the production and delivery data given above are not available.

The value and quantity of sales of yarn and woven cloth by the United Kingdom woollen and worsted industry are given in Business Monitor PQ 414.

Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the level of

Per cent.
1973 1974 1975
Q. 1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Q. 1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Q. 1
Woollen and worsted yarns 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Woollen and worsted cloth 9 11 8 7 9 9 9 9 8

Corresponding figures of import penetration in terms of value are not available.

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