§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the imports of jute yarn from India and Bangladesh in each of the last 10 years, indicating how these figures compare with the imports for each of the months of this year for which figures are available; how they correspond with United Kingdom and European Economic Community quotas; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. ChannonThere are no quotas on imports of jute yarn from India or Bangladesh. Imports of yarn of jute and other textile bast fibres have been as follows:
(Thousand tonnes) Country of Consignment:— India Bangladesh 1973 0.6 0 1974 0.2 — 1975 0.1 — 1976 0.5 0.8 1977 0.3 1.1 1978 0.2 0.2 1979 0.2 0 1980 0 0.4 1981 0.1 1.4 1982 0.7 3.7 January-October 1983 3.6 4.8 1983:— January 0 0.3 February 0.4 0.4 March 0.1 0 April 0.7 0.8 May 0.8 0.8 June 0.2 0.3 July 0.4 0.9 August 0.4 0.7 September 0.4 0.1 October 0.3 0.5 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC(R1) Item 651.92 and SITC (R2) Item 651.98.
Notes:
(a) —indicates nil trade; 0 indicates trade less than 50 tonnes.
(b) owing to rounding, the sum of the individual months of 1983 may differ slightly from the figures for the first ten months in total.