§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the total value of textile and clothing imports into the European Community in each of the years since 1964 expressed in terms of (a) their value and (b) their percentage share of the total domestic market.
§ Mr. Fletcher[pursuant to the reply, 9 July 1984, c. 364]: Data on the domestic market are not available on the same basis as imports. The latest readily available information is as follows:
European Community* Imports† of Textiles‡ US $ Billion 1964 1.18 1965 1.20 1966 1.35 1967 1.33 1968 1.52 1969 1.87 1970 2.04 1971 2.64 1972 3.46 1973 5.04 1974 6.43 1975 7.05 1976 8.65 1977 9.85 1978 11.83 1979 16.02 1980 18.52 1981 16.33 1982 15.43 * Current membership. † Excluding the intra-trade of the Community. ‡ Standard international trade classification (Rev 1) Divisions 65 and 84 throughout. Data for these Divisions on the SITC Rev. 2 basis, published from 1978, are about 1½ per cent, higher as a result of the inclusion of additional items (mainly wool tops). Source:OECDE.
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European Community* Imports† as a percentage of apparent Consumption‡ of Textiles║ and Clothing¶ per cent. 1970–71 6.9 1972–73 9.1 1974–75 11.0 1976–77 13.7 1978–79 15.3 * Current membership excluding Greece. † Excluding the intra-trade of the Community. ‡ Gross output plus external imports less external imports ║ Standard International Trade Classification (Rev. 1) Division 65 and heading 267. ║Standard International Trade Classification (Rev. 1) Divisions 61, 83, 84 and 85.
Source: UNCTAD Handbook of International Trade and Development Statistics.