§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will list values of total imports and exports of (a) semifinished and (b) finished zip fasteners for each of the past eight years, including the most up-to-date figures for 1977;
(2) if he will list the value of imports of (a) semi-finished and (b) finished zip fasteners from Japan for each of the past eight years, including latest figures for 1977; and how these figures compare with figures from Hong Kong, Singapore. Canada, West Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland, the United States of America and others over the same period.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisFollowing is the information:
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IV IMPORTS OF PARTS OF SLIDE FASTENERS £'000 c.i.f. 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 GRAND TOTAL 628 1,018 1,145 1,402 1,744 1,634 2,685 3,911 of which, consigned from: Japan 21 150 458 619 911 1,199 1,733 2,073 Federal Republic of Germany 151 174 130 194 276 85 242 850 France 43 46 22 75 112 91 179 530 Denmark 86 133 111 111 84 44 146 108 Canada 201 253 308 275 269 139 140 90 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 1 3 22 1 4 67 67 Italy 12 15 13 16 21 19 31 57 Austria 2 15 7 2 1 1 13 36 Sweden 0 3 6 10 6 8 48 28 United States of America 30 38 12 13 33 11 17 19 Finland 52 146 34 53 2 11 8 15 South Africa 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 12 Irish Republic 2 2 1 0 11 1 41 8 Netherlands 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 Switzerland 4 8 4 3 1 3 4 2 Hong Kong 15 24 26 1 8 4 0 0 Singapore 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other countries 2 4 7 7 7 13 9 10 Source: Overseas Trade Statistics ex SITC(R) 899.53.