HC Deb 25 July 1986 vol 102 cc625-7W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the information

Table 1
Production of Man-made fibres: Cellulosics
'000 tonnes
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
United Kingdom 200.9 215.4 162.1 147.6 130.9 163.2 127.2 99.4
German Federal Republic 135.0 145.7 140.8 148.8 141.6 150.0 163.2 156.4
Italy 88.7 78.6 65.2 60.1 43.8 29.6 30.1 n/a
France 74.2 78.4 69.1 55.9 46.4 38.3 26.3 n/a
Japan 424.0 440.0 432.2 428.9 405.0 424.1 418.6 388.0
United States of America* 410.3 421.7 365.5 349.3 249.6 273.2 266.4 n/a
n/a = Not available.
* Includes only rayon fibres and acetate filaments; figures comparable to other countries incorporating all rayon and acetate filaments and fibres are only available for 1978 when 560,300 tonnes was produced.

Source: United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.

Table 2
Production of Man-made fibres: Non-Cellulosics
'000 tonnes
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
United Kingdom 406.8 381.6 288.0 247.2 202.8 225.6 234.0 231.6
German Federal Republic 746.4 784.8 721.2 768.0 702.0 758.4 770.4 796.8
Italy 405.6 406.8 399.6 482.4 489.6 540.0 597.6 n/a
France 258.0 235.2 224.4 232.8 205.2 207.6 213.6 *61.2
Japan 1,418.4 1,410.0 1,400.4 1,368.0 1,294.8 1,438.8 1,414.8 1,446.0
United States of America 3,531.6 3,826.8 3,571.2 3,546.0 2,922.0 3,416.4 3,388.8 n/a

on production and exports of cullulosics and other man-made fibres given in the reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 5 December 1979, Official Report, column 227.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is as follows:

n/a=Not available.
* Production of continuous filaments only.

Source: United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.

Table 3
Exports of Man-made fibres: Cellulosics
'000 tonnes
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
United Kingdom 120.0 125.5 126.5 109.7 93.1 127.1 105.7
German Federal Republic 53.1 52.7 64.5 70.7 75.0 *394.2 *409.3
Italy 31.7 18.0 12.5 18.3 18.7 17.9 17.5
France 51.3 49.0 51.2 44.6 37.7 33.0 27.2
Japan 170.3 151.3 176.0 191.4 173.9 183.4 164.3
United States of America 76.8 91.7 51.9 40.0 40.7 21.2 29.2
* Includes some synthetics previously counted under non-cellulosics.

Source: CIRFS (International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee).

Table 4
Exports of Man-made fibres: Non-Cellulosics
'000 tonnes
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
United Kingdom 183.1 196.0 192.6 150.2 135.2 150.8 159.2
German Federal Republic 532.1 533.3 528.1 592.1 488.4 *227.9 *253.1
Italy 205.4 177.1 213.9 286.9 282.0 352.6 379.6
France 158.3 120.2 128.4 134.2 127.7 139.3 137.6
Japan 390.3 295.7 329.5 362.1 318.4 339.0 336.8
United States of America 252.1 411.2 479.3 562.6 338.0 238.1 297.8
* Excluding some synthetics now counted under cellulosics.

Source: CIRFS (International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee).