§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has concerning anti-dumping procedures recently taken by the European Commission concerning polyester staple fibre imports from the German Democratic Republic, Rumania, Turkey and Yugoslavia; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherNo formal anti-dumping investigation into these imports has yet been initiated; but the European Commission is prepared to take such action once it is presented with a well-founded complaint that dumping is taking place which is damaging the Community industry.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the European Commission to take action in response to the complaint lodged last year by the International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee about unfair imports of acrylic fibres.
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§ Mr. ButcherThe European Commission has almost completed its investigation into these imports and the result is likely to be announced in the next few weeks.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what has been the percentage of total imports of man-made fibres and man-made fibre products represented by such imports in each of the last five years from (a) East Germany, (b) Rumania, (c) Turkey and (d) Yugoslavia;
(2) what information he has concerning the volume and value of imports of synthetic fibres and synthetic fibre products from the following countries in each of the last five years for which figures are available: (a) East Germany, (b) Rumania, (c) Turkey and (d) Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. ButcherFigures for synthetic and other manmade fibre products are not available as they are not separately identified in the trade statistics. Information on fibres and yarns is as follows:
(a) United Kingdom imports of synthetic fibres and yarns Quantity—Metric Tonnes Value—£ (millions) 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 East Germany Quantity 449 822 1,401 777 738 Value 0.3 0.6 l.0 0.7 0.7 Rumania Quantity 259 44 129 133 166 Value 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 Turkey Quantity 23 139 1,872 3,183 3,283 Value 0.1 0.1 1.8 3.1 4.2 Yugoslavia Quantity — 6 — 89 236 Value — 0.0 — 0.1 0.5 Note: 0–0=less than £0.05 per cent.
Source: Data corresponding to SITC/R2 Sub-groups 266.5, 266.6, 266.7 and 651.4 (less 651.48), in the UK Overseas Trade Statistics.
(b) United Kingdom Imports of Man-made Fibres and Yarns 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Total man-made fibre imports (value: £ millions) 230 345 401 433 482 Of which imported from: per cent. East Germany 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 Rumania 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.9 Yugoslavia 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 Note: 0.0=less than 0.05 per cent.
Imports are valued cif.
Source: Data corresponding to SITC/R2 Sub-groups 266.6, 266.71,651.72, 651.73 and 651.78 in the UK Overseas Trade Statistics.