§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has concerning the volume of woollen textiles deliveries and production which was achieved in the United Kingdom during the
Woollen & Worsted Textiles Production (not seasonally adjusted) Tops & Noils (000 tonnes) Yarns (000 tonnes) Fabrics (million square metres) Blankets (millions square metres) 1976 Q3 26.0 41.9 36.2 5.2 1977 Q3 23.1 40.6 36.0 4.4 1978 Q3 22.6 41.3 35.0 5.0 1979 Q3 19.1 38.8 33.0 4.0 1980 Q3 16.1 29.7 26.9 3.5 1981 Q3 23.0 30.2 22.9 2.2 1982 Q3 15.2 26.4 23.0 2.1 1983 Q3 18.0 27.5 22.0 1.8 1984 Q3 18.5 27.9 20.2 2.0 1985 Q3 20.8 30.1 21.8 2.0 Source: Wool Industry Bureau of Statistics
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has concerning the volume of woollen textile deliveries and production which was achieved in the United Kingdom during the latest year for which figures are available; and how these figures compare with those for the last 10 years.
76Wlatest quarter for which figures are available; and how these figures compare with those for the same quarter in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonOverall figures for volume of deliveries are unavailable, although some commodity figures are published in Business Monitor PQ 4310, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. Figures for production are as follows:
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonOverall figures for volume of deliveries are unavailable, although some commodity figures are published in Business Monitor PQ 4310, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. Figures for production are as follows:
77W
Woollens & Worsted Textiles Production Tops & Noils (000 tonnes) Yarns (000 tonnes) Fabrics (million square metres) Blankets (million square metres) 1976 111.6 188.8 143.1 22.8 1977 105.1 186.9 150.1 22.2 1978 98.2 183.2 144.1 22.0 1979 84.2 174.3 137.8 18.2 1980 70.2 141.0 118.3 15.0 1981 74.4 130.9 96.7 9.9 1982 70.3 114.9 100.3 9.4 1983 74.1 121.2 94.0 8.3 1984 80.1 126.6 90.7 9.3 Source: Wool Industry Bureau of Statistics
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has concerning the scale of the reductions in total capacity of the United Kingdom woollen textile industry in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThere are no available statistics on the productive capacity of the woollen textile industry.
78W
Woollen textiles—United Kingdom Exports Quantity—MT (thousands) Value—£ (millions) 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985* Woollen Textiles European Community: Quantity 20.4 17.3 19.4 20.9 19.1 Value 119.7 108.4 119.6 144.3 147.2 Rest of Western Europe: Quantity 6.7 5.3 5.7 5.1 4.8 Value 31.1 26.4 30.0 30.1 32.3 United States of America: Quantity 1.9 1.8 2.3 3.3 3.3 Value 18.8 19.9 25.2 40.2 42.1 All countries: Quantity 43.6 39.6 43.1 47.2 44.3 Value 294.0 287.1 308.7 379.0 389.5 Discontinuous synthetic or regenerated textiles mixed mainly or solely with wool European Community: Quantity 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 Value 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.4 Rest of Western Europe: Quantity 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 Value 1.3 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.7 United States of America: Quantity 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 Value 0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7 All countries: Quantity 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3 Value 12.4 14.3 13.2 14.6 17.3
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what has been the volume and value of woollen textile exports in each of the last five years for which figures are available;
(2)what has been the volume and value of woollen textile imports in each of the last five years from (a) other member countries of EEC, (b) non EEC European countries and (c) the United States of America; and how these figures compare with United Kingdom exports of such products to each of those countries in each of those years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is as follows:
79W* January to November.
Source:
Data corresponding to SITC/R2 Sub-group 268.7 (part), 651.2 (less 651.25) 654.2, 654.3, and 657.1 (part) and items 657.73 (part) and 658.31 [woollen textiles] and items 651.67, 651.76, 653.42 and 653.82 (fibres mixed mainly or wholly with wool or fine animal hair).
Notes:
(i) European Community is defined in terms of 1985 membership.
(ii) Imports are valued cif.
(iii) O signifies trade under 50 MT's.
Woollen textiles—United Kingdom Imports Quantity—MT (thousands) Value—£ (millions) 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985* European Community: Quantity 16.5 17.9 21.5 22.9 20.1 Value 67.4 81.5 104.5 131.5 135.7 Rest of Western Europe: Quantity 1.2 1.7 2.3 2.8 2.2 Value 6.4 9.8 13.8 17.1 17.6 United States of America: Quantity 0.1 0.3 0.3 0 0.4 Value 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.6 2.0 All countries: Quantity 23.4 24.6 29.6 32.1 26.6 Value 95.3 111.8 141.9 180.2 179.7 Discontinuous synthetic or regenerated textiles mixed mainly or solely with wool European Community Quantity 9.6 10.5 15.2 14.8 11.6 Value 38.6 43.8 64.6 71.2 66.5 Rest of Western Europe: Quantity 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.1 Value 3.0 2.8 4.8 6.9 7.9 United States of America: Quantity 0.1 0 0 0 0 Value 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 All countries: Quantity 10.6 11.2 16.5 16.6 13.4 Value 43.0 48.7 72.9 82.6 78.4 * January to November.
Source:
Data corresponding to SITC/R2 Sb-group 268.7 (part), 651.2 (less 651.25) 654.2, 654.3, and 657.1 (part) and items 657.73 (part) and 658.31 [woollen textiles] and items 651.67, 651.76, 653.42 and 653.82 (fibres mixed mainly or wholly with wool or fine animal hair).
Notes:
(i) European Community is defined in terms of 1985 membership.
(ii) Imports are valued cif.
(iii) O signifies trade under 50 MT's.