§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the value of output of textiles, clothing and footwear, respectively, in each European Economic Community country in terms of pound sterling in 1970 and the latest year for which figures are available, together with imports from and exports to other European Economic Community countries in each case.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information on output for the nearest available years relates to 1973 and 1981. This, together with trade figures for 1970 and 1984, is in the following table.
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Intra-European Community* Imports £ million Imports by: Bel/Lux Denmark France FR Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain UK 1970 Textiles† 168 67 199 453 16 36 125 247 14 20 109 Clothing‡ 86 17 93 284 1 11 35 168 3 5 44 Footwear║ 25 8 24 86 — 2 1 24 — — 20 1984 Textiles† 1,010 307 1,815 2,155 208 201 1,160 1,021 136 136 1,805 Clothing‡ 814 143 1,075 2,109 43 220 257 944 9 40 787 Footwear║ 234 61 448 846 10 68 43 230 — 8 431 * Present Membership throughout. † Standard International Trade Classification Division 65. ‡ Standard International Trade Classification Division 84. ║ Standard International Trade Classification Division 85. Source: OECD Series 'C'.
Production of Textiles, Footwear and Clothing £ million (exc VAT) Bel/Lux Denmark France FR Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain UK 1973 Textiles* 973 195 2,702 4269 n/a 142 2,726 605 n/a n/a 3,309 Footwear† 32 23 483 504 n/a 20 482 46 n/a n/a 400 Clothing‡ 322 94 1,238 2,331 n/a 59 974 279 n/a n/a 1,235 1981 Textiles* 1,616 349 5,830 7,084 941 298 6,557 731 n/a n/a 5,009 Footwear† 30 50 1,227 859 54 37 1,411 406 n/a n/a 758 Clothing‡ 517 151 2,635 3,802 199 118 2,537 n/a n/a n/a 2,271 * NACE headings 43 and 455. † NACE headings 451 and 452. ‡ NACE headings 453, 454 and 456. n/a Not readily available. Source: Eurostat Structure and Activity of Industry Cronos.