HL Deb 04 July 1979 vol 401 c497WA
Baroness HORNSBY-SMITH

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What were the total annual textile exports from Korea (a) to world markets, and (b) to the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years.

Lord TREFGARNE

According to the United NationsCommodity Trade Statistics, following is the information for the years 1968 to 1977, the latest full year for which these figures are available:

Exports of Textiles* from the Republic of Korea US dollars million
To World To UK
1968 61.2 2.1
1969 65.7 1.4
1970 84.9 1.5
1971 137.8 2.1
1972 179.6 7.7
1973 447.8 11.9
1974 499.1 16.9
1975 658.5 19.0
1976 963.9 27.0
1977 1093.0 31.1
* Taken as Division 65 of the Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 2)