§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Minister for Trade if he will give the figures for all the countries, on an individual basis, which received cotton and allied textile exports from the United Kingdom in 1982; and what were the comparable figures in 1977, 1972 and 1967.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1983, c. 486]: Full information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Details of total United Kingdom exports of cotton yarns and woven fabrics in the years in question, together with the 10 largest individual markets in each year, are as follows:
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United Kingdom exports of cotton yarn and woven cotton fabrics (value, £ million fob) £ million 1967 Total exports: 33.6
£ million of which consigned to: South Africa 3.4 Irish Republic 3.3 Australia 3.0 New Zealand 2.4 Zaire 2.3 Canada 2.0 Sweden 1.2 Denmark 1.0 United States of America 1.0 Norway 0.9 1972 Total exports: 40.6 of which consigned to: Irish Republic 5.0 Sweden 2.9 Australia 2.5 South Africa 2.3 Nigeria 2.0 Canada 2.0 Finland 1.9 New Zealand 1.8 Zaire 1.8 United States of America 1.6 1977 Total exports: 121.7 of which consigned to: France 11.0 Irish Republic 10.8 Belgium.Luxembourg 7.7 Finland 7.0 Federal Republic of Germany 6.9 Sweden 6.4 United States of America 5.8 Netherlands 5.6 Zaire 4.6 Australia 4.4 January.November 1982 Total exports: 118.5 of which consigned to: Irish Republic 13.0 France 11.9 Saudi Arabia 8.6 Belgium.Luxembourg 7.9 United States of America 7.7 Togo 7.5 Federal Republic of Germany 6.6 South Africa 6.2 Italy 6.2 Australia 3.6 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC(R2) Sub-group 651.3 and Group 652, and corresponding coverage under SITC(R1).
Note: in general, the statistics of overseas trade do not separately identify other textiles manufactured by processes similar to that for cotton.