HC Deb 13 May 1980 vol 984 cc406-7W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) of imports of textiles and clothing into the United Kingdom in 1978, what amount in dollars per thousand dollars of gross domestic product the United Kingdom imported from developing countries; and what was the amount for 1979;

(2) what is the value of each of the following textile products that have been imported into the United Kingdom so far in the current year; trousers, jeans, shorts, men's and boys' shirts, blouses, other women's and girls' outer garments, knitted garments, jumpers, cardigans, pullovers, other outer garments and skirts;

(3) what the value of the imports of the following textile products into the United Kingdom was in 1979: man-made staple, man-made filament yarn, wool, corded or combed spun yarn cotton, man-made fibre, wool, woven fabrics, cotton, man-made fibre wool, carpets, knitted fabrics and other textiles; and which three countries, in order, exported on average the most textile products to the United Kingdom;

(4) what the value of the exports of the following textile products was in 1979: man-made staple, man-made filament yarn, wool, corded or combed, spun yarn; cotton, man-made fibre, wool, woven fabrics, cotton, man-made fibre, wool, knitted fabrics, carpets and other textiles;

(5) what the value of the total exports of textiles and clothing was in 1970 and all subsequent years up to and including 1979; and what is the total value of textiles and clothing so far exported in 1980.

Mr. Parkinson

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.