§ 41. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister for Trade how many glass bottles were imported into the United Kingdom during each of the past three years , and what percentage of the market is represented by imports.
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§ Mr. Peter ReesComplete annual data are only available up to 1980. In 1978 the United Kingdom imported 585,000 glass bottles, in 1979 618,000 and in 1980 421,000.
Figures for the United Kingdom's consumption of glass bottles are not separately available but are included within data for glass containers. In both 1978 and 1979 the value of imported glass containers was equivalent to about 9 per cent. of United Kingdom consumption. The proportion fell to about 7 per cent. in 1980 and more recently has maintained that level in the six months ending March 1982.
1980 1981 1982 '000 G.R.T. Numbers '000 G.R.T. Numbers '000 G.R.T. Numbers Argentina 9 2 — — — — Austria — — — — 3 2 Bahamas 18 1 27 2 57 2 Bermuda 2 1 — — 20 2 Cayman Islands 3 2 28 5 2 1 Canada 15 3 7 4 — — China — — — — 9 1 Cuba 18 2 18 2 — — Cyprus 25 3 33 6 14 5 Egypt — — 3 2 — — France 5 1 154 2 — — German Federal Republic — — 2 1 4 3 Gibraltar — — — — 11 2 Greece 248 23 281 34 38 4 Holland 3 1 2 1 2 2 Honduras 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hong Kong 198 11 416 14 318 13 Italy 62 6 13 1 45 2 Japan — — — — 134 1 Korea (South) 68 3 57 1 — — Lebanon 10 2 5 4 17 2 Liberia 316 10 714 18 325 15 Malta — — 12 2 — — Norway — — 219 4 — — Panama 192 20 323 26 367 26 Philippines — — 43 4 — — Saudi Arabia 125 3 316 5 283 2 Singapore 101 8 306 15 44 3 Sweden 5 1 10 2 — — Thailand — — — — 33 3 Turkey — — 126 2 20 2 United Arab Emirates — — 22 3 — — USSR — — 30 3 — — Others* 66 5 235 11 6 3 Totals† 1,490 109 3,402 175 1,753 97 * Includes the following flags to which at most one ship was transferred in any one year: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Guyana, Indonesia, Irish Republic, Maldive Islands, Mexico, Morocco, Qatar, St. Vincent, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Calcos Islands.
† Due to rounding, sums of the constituent figures of tonnage may not agree with the totals shown.