§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what the value of the exports of the following textile products was in 1980: man-made staple, man-made filament, yarn, wool, corded or combed or combed spun yarn, cotton, man-made fibre, woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, carpets and other textiles;
(2) what was the value of the imports of the following textile products into the United Kingdom in 1980: manmade staple, man-made filament yarn, wool, corded or 83W combed spun yarn cotton, man-made fibre, 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 in 1980.
§ Mr. Parkinson[pursuant to his reply, 19 January 1981]: The available information is as follows:
Trade in Textile Products, January-November 1980 Imports CIF £ million Exports FOB £ million Man-made fibres suitable for spinning and waste of man-made fibres 81 174 Yarn of continuous man-made fibres 175 214 Wool or other animal hair, carded or combed (including tops) 12 48 Cotton yarn 54 24 Yarn of discontinuous man-made fibres 54 44 Yarn of wool or animal hair (excluding tops) 28 75 Woven cotton fabrics (excluding narrow or special fabrics) 234 112 Fabrics woven of man-made fibres (excluding narrow or special fabrics) 320 122 Fabrics woven of wool or fine animal hair 40 152 Knitted or crocheted fabrics (including tubular knit, pile, and open-work fabrics) 51 67 Carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting 146 132 Other textiles 313 298 The three principal countries (by value) from which, overall, these textile products were consigned to the United Kingdom were, in
Details of the number of companies registered and removed from the register are as follows: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1. England and Wales New companies registered 53,819 52,872 60,611 62,958 66,104 Companies dissolved 6,800 7,435 7,348 6,582 *5,340 Companies struck off 27,257 31,601 16,842 17,337 *20,571 2. Scotland New companies registered 2,266 2,342 2,955 3,514 3,270 Companies dissolved 433 400 398 349 371 Companies struck off 1,049 1,186 1,008 1,404 558 3. Northern Ireland New companies registered 616 752 812 735 611 Companies dissolved 62 58 58 50 58 Companies struck off 343 187 — 451 87 * These figures are provisional. Note: It is not possible to provide separate details for England and Wales.