HC Deb 06 April 1981 vol 2 c180W
Mr. Gregor MacKenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what have been the volumes and values of electrical appliances such as washing machines, dryers, refrigerators and cleaners imported so far in 1981; and from which countries they came.

Mr. Parkinson

The available information is as follows:

Imports of specified electrical appliances January 1981
Weight (tonnes) Number Value £ thousand (cif)
Washing machines (domestic) 2,980 N/A *4,378
Clothes drying machines, non-centrifugal 228 5,224 †506
Clothes drying machines, centrifugal (domestic) 73 6,293 ‡158
Refrigerators (domestic), whether or not containing a deep-freezer compartment 2,131 35,892 **3,647
Vacuum cleaners (domestic) 387 50,548 ††1,049

Note: N/A—not available.

Source:

Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC (R2) 775 11 (part), 775.12, 743.5 (part), 775.21 (part), 775.71 (part).

Countries from whence highest values (cif) consigned

* Italy, France, Federal Republic of Germany.

† Italy, Sweden, Switzerland.

‡Federal Republic of Germany, Spain.

** Italy, Sweden, Denmark.

†† Switzerland, France, USA.