§ 39. Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Trade what estimate he has made of the level of imports of textile and clothing products in 1981 compared with 1980.
§ Mr. BiffenInformation for 1981 as a whole is not at present available, and I prefer not to venture an estimate. Available information for 1981 is given with the comparable figure for 1980, in the following table:
United Kingdom imports of textile and clothing products, available months of 1981 compared with 1980 £ million cif January-April, September-December 1981 2,078 January-April, September-December 1980 1,888 Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC (R2) divisions 65 and 84 (less group 848), groups 266 and 267 and sub-group 268.7 (part).