Malta (Hansard, 12 February 1979)

§ Mr. Anthony Grant

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what were the amounts in volume and price, of imports of textile goods from Malta to the United Kingdom for each of the last five years and similar figures for exports of textile goods from the United Kingdom to Malta for the same period, expressing these figures as

I. IMPORTS OF TEXTILE GOODS FROM MALTA
							January-November
		1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1978
Value (£ million cif)	…	3.3	5.4	7.7	7.3	11.7	11.3
Volume (thousand tonnes)	…	1.3	1.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	2.4

II. IMPORTS OF TEXTILE GOODS FROM MALTA
							January-November
		1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1978
Value (£ million fob)	…	5.4	5.8	6.1	7.7	N.A.	7.1
Volume (thousand tonnes)	…	2.7	2.8	2.5	2.4	N.A	2.1

III. TRADE IN TEXTILE GOODS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF UNITED KINGDOM TRADE WITH MALTA
										January-November
					1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1978
Imports	…	…	…	…	21.2	31.3	28.0	21.3	29.9	30.7
Exports	…	…	…	…	15.6	14.0	11.7	11.8	N.A.	11.0
Notes:
(i) These figures cover textile yarn, fabrics, made up articles (including textile clothing) and related products, and synthetic and regenerated (artificial) fibres.
(ii) Total trade by weight with individual countries is not available.
(iii) N.A.=Not available

414W

961, c. 322–3], gave the following information:

Statistics of overseas trade do not record quantity in respect of all commodities, and it would entail undue cost to summarise the available information in broad categories. Details by value on the current basis of the overseas trade statistics, which relate only to the period January 1976 to December 1978, are as follows:

a percentage of the whole of the United Kingdom's trade with Malta.