§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the United Kingdom's crude trade balance in yarns, fabrics and garments, respectively, in the years from 1979 to 1984.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to the reply, 26 February 1985, c. 114]: The information is as follows:
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to the reply, 26 February 1985, c. 115]: Neither the United Kingdom nor any other Member State of the Community made use of the anti-surge mechanism during 1983 and 1984.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in which multi-fibre arrangement group I product categories, the individual quotas to the United Kingdom for Macao, Taiwan and South Korea, respectively, exceeded 1 per cent. of total United Kingdom imports of the product concerned in 1980.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to the reply, 26 February 1985, c. 115]: The information requested in respect of the United Kingdom is as follows:
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Categories Macao 4, 5, 7, 8. Taiwan 3, 4, 5, 7, 8. South Korea 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The anti-surge provision is applicable only when a member state's quota represents 1 per cent. (dominant suppliers) or 2.5 per cent. (non-dominant suppliers) of total EC (not United Kingdom) imports of that product in 1980.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in which multi-fibre arrangement group I product categories, the quotas to the United Kingdom of the non-dominant multi-fibre arrangement suppliers exceeded 2.5 per cent. of total United Kingdom imports of the product concerned in 1980.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to the reply, 26 February 1985, c. 115]: The information requested in respect of the United Kingdom is as follows:
Category Countries 1 None. 2 Brazil, China, India, Pakistan. 3 None. 4 Brazil, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Thailand. 5 Singapore, Thailand. 6 None. 7 India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka. 8 India, Pakistan. The anti-surge provision is applicable only when a member state's quota represents 1 per cent. (dominant suppliers) or 2.5 per cent. (non-dominant suppliers) of total EC (not United Kingdom) imports of that product in 1980.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what were the levels of the voluntary export restraints from Portugal and Spain to the United Kingdom of textile and clothing products for 1983 and 1984; and what were the actual levels of exports to the United Kingdom from these sources in each product category concerned in this years.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to the reply, 26 February 1985, c. 115]: The voluntary restraint arrangements on textile and clothing products which the EC has with Portugal and Spain are informal arrangements, the details of which are not published. Imports of products of particular concern received in the United Kingdom from those two countries in 1983 and 1984 are as follows:
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Category (Units) 1983 1984 Portugal 1 (Tonnes) 5,079 4,635 2 (Tonnes) 4,686 3,885 3 (Tonnes) 3,641 3,709 4 (Thousand pieces) 16,287 16,610 5 (Thousand pieces) 4,093 3,734 6 (Thousand pieces) 2,611 3,270 7 (Thousand pieces) 834 1,068 8 (Thousand pieces) 2,477 3,254 9 (Tonnes) 6,982 7,014 12 (Thousand pieces) 13,014 14,122 13 (Thousand pieces) 12,835 20,198 20 (Tonnes) 12,835 20,198 33 (Tonnes) 849 1,047 39 (Tonnes) 688 665 90 (Tonnes) 2,206 2,650 59.04 (Tonnes) 6,922 7,296 Spain 1 (Tonnes) 2,919 2,789 6 (Thousand pieces) 527 499
Category (Units) 1983 1984 13 (Thousand pieces) 2,876 3,137 20 (Tonnes) 470 424 22 (Tonnes) 350 299