HL Deb 07 June 1982 vol 431 cc90-1WA
Baroness Hornsby-Smith

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What were the total imports of cotton textiles from Turkey into the EEC and the United Kingdom respectively during each of the last five years.

The Secretary of State for Trade (Lord Cockfield)

Figures for 1981 are not yet available; information for the previous five years is:

IMPORTS OF COTTON TEXTILES1 FROM TURKEY
US$ million
European Community2 United Kingdom
1976 … … … 167.0 7.4
1977 … … … 148.3 7.1
1978 … … … 188.6 15.6
1979 … … … 254.2 18.1
1980 … … … 197.1 8.6

Notes:

1. Taken as Standard International Trade Classification (SITC (REV 1)) 651.3, 651.4, 652.1, and 652.2 (1976 and 1977); and (SITC (REV 2)) 651.3, 652.1 and 652.2 (1978 to 1980).

2. Includes Greece.

Source:OECD.