Cotton Manufactures (Hansard, 25 July 1986)

§ Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on production of cotton manufactures given in the reply

Table 1
Production of Cotton Yarn
000 Tonnes
	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	Q1 1985	Q1 1986
United Kingdom	91.3	90.8	‡71.8	51.0	51.0	49.9	47.3	48.1	13.1	12.7
Federal Republic of Germany*	163.6	160.9	169.9	148.2	168.3	181.4	193.9	203.1	57.3	na
France	160.9	159.3	160.4	138.3	138.8	137.7	137.2	124.8	37.5	31.6
Italy	159.9	171.6	170.2	160.5	159.2	150.0	na	na	na	na
United Stales of America†	1071.0	1112.1	‡1119.3	986.9	900.9	na	na	na	na	na
Japan*	447.9	507.7	503.8	455.5	470.2	437.7	436.7	437.0	106.8	na

Table 2
Production of Woven Cotton Cloth
	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	Q1 1985	Q1 1986
United Kingom million metres	380.0	364.7	‡313.8	277.9	260.8	254.6	264.8	273.8	76.8	70.9
Federal Republic of Germany thousand tonnes	145.7	145.0	150.0	129.5	145.0	154.3	164.0	176.6	49.1	na
France thousand tonnes	130.1	129.6	129.1	120.6	126.6	120.8	119.7	112.9	32.5	na
Italy thousand tonnes	115.4	129.8	138.4	145.7	150.2	148.9	na	na	na	na
United States of America million metres	3,644.2	3,535.2	3,726.0	3,271.7	3,172.6	3,505.2	3,342.9	3,218.7	848.0	na
Japan million square metres	2,315.3	2,338.8	2,202.0	2,066.5	2,029.8	2,078.6	2,089.8	2,060.9	514.1	488.2
Notes:
na figure not available.
* includes production in other than the cotton and allied textile industries.

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to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 5 December 1979, Official Report, column 229, and if he will make a statement.