§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing the number of domestic sewing machines and their average value exported from the United Kingdom to other EEC countries in each of the years 1970 to 1978 and the current year to date, together with corresponding figures for imports from Germany, Italy, the Irish Republic and France.
§ Mr. Eyre[pursuant to his reply, 15 November 1979, c. 770]: The available information for sewing machines, including sewing machine heads, mainly domestic is as follows: 289W
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS United Kingdom Exports to Rest of EEC France Federal Republic of Germany Italy Irish Republic Numbers Average value f.o.b. Numbers Average value c.i.f. Numbers Average value c.i.f. Numbers Average value c.i.f. Numbers Average value c.i.f. £ £ £ £ £ 1970 … … … … 58,540 21.97 3,901 13.33 13,296 41.67 56,449 13.37 2,964 13.16 1971 … … … … 38,923 26.31 39 25.64 16,729 45.31 28,970 15.88 2,702 13.32 1972 … … … … 78,886 23.02 1,067 24.37 15,569 44.90 28,163 18.29 1,996 16.53 1973 … … … … 72,735 26.42 24,703 29.87 22,517 60.80 26,326 24.54 149,236 2.32 1974 … … … … 82,264 26.17 12,321 39.69 10,367 68.39 18,589 32.33 20,735 3.76 1975 … … … … 103,193 33.11 6,453 47.73 13,166 90.54 8,771 46.17 106,150 1.41 1976 … … … … 145,621 31.60 5,089 60.13 16,053 120.10 34,293 47.85 57,117 1.26 1977 … … … … 148,224 35.36 15,085 19.42 19,623 110.58 42,908 56.70 50,818 2.14 1978 … … … … 100,897 51.27 12,794 46.90 20,943 128.63 60,768 62.27 181 88.40 January-September 1979 … … … … 45,584 64.96 6,799 36.18 10,866 138.23 44,129 44.60 234 64.10 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, ex SITC(R1) Sub.group 717.3 and ex SITC(R2) Item 724.31. Notes: (a) Figures for 1970–74 inclusive relate only to domestic equipment. Those for 1975 onwards include small numbers of industrial sewing machines and heads (b) Export figures relate to the EEC as currently constituted.