HC Deb 15 July 1980 vol 988 cc464-5W
Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the volume or value of match imports into the United Kingdom during the past year for which figures are available compared with the previous year.

Mr. Parkinson

Details of imports of matches are published under SITC/R2 item 899.32 in table III of the monthly Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, copies of which are in the Library. Figures for the first seven months of 1979 may have been distorted by the effects of industrial disputes.