Hosiery Industry (Hansard, 8 December 1993)

§ Mr. Garnier
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from the hosiery industry about the level of sock imports from Indonesia and from whom; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Needham
On 25 October the Knitting Industries Federation wrote to my Department to request action to restrict sock imports from Indonesia. The case is being evaluated and my officials will contact the federation shortly.
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§ Mr. Garnier
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the total of all imports of socks into the United Kingdom (category 12 of the multi-fibre arrangement)(a) in total and (b) from Indonesia, in terms of quantity, value and average price for each of the years from 1990 for which figures are available.

§ Mr. Needham
The information that my hon. Friend has requested for multi-fibre arrangement category 12 is given in the table.

MFA category 12 imports

From Indonesia United Kingdom total

Year quantity million pairs value £ million price pence per pair quantity million pairs value £ million price pence per pair

1990 12.2 3.1 25 89.7 52.4 58

1991 16.7 5.0 30 117.4 67.9 58

1992 38.9 11.4 29 187.9 93.6 50

MFA category 12 imports
	From Indonesia	United Kingdom total
Year	quantity million pairs	value £ million	price pence per pair	quantity million pairs	value £ million	price pence per pair
1990	12.2	3.1	25	89.7	52.4	58
1991	16.7	5.0	30	117.4	67.9	58
1992	38.9	11.4	29	187.9	93.6	50