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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) how many domestic washing machines were imported from Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway during each of the last 10 years; what was their value imported from each country; and what were the names of the principal manufacturers or the brand names;(2) how many domestic refrigerators were imported from Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway during each of the last 10 years; what was their value imported from each country; and what were the names of the principal manufacturers or the brand names.
Mr. Deakins
Following is the available information:
| DOMESTIC WASHING MACHINES | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | January-November 1974 | ||||||||||
| £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | |||||
| Spain | … | … | … | … | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 15 | 820 | 16 | 1,015 |
| Italy | … | … | … | … | 937 | 486 | 1,162 | 1,839 | 1,030 | 63 | 2,021 | 89 | 3,159 | 180 | 6,346 | 355 | 15,606 | 272 | 15,043 |
| France | … | … | … | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 272 | 24 | 565 | 13 | 515 | 22 | 1,180 | 20 | 1,194 | |
| West Germany | … | … | 218 | 283 | 265 | 385 | 260 | 5 | 256 | 11 | 614 | 22 | 1,358 | 29 | 2,393 | 21 | 2,459 | ||
| Netherlands | … | … | … | 21 | 33 | 65 | 113 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 167 | 2 | 125 | |
| Denmark | … | … | … | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sweden | … | … | … | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Norway | … | … | … | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belgium | … | … | … | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | January-November 1974 | ||||||||||
| £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | Thousand | £'000 (c.i.f.) | |||||
| Spain | … | … | … | … | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 158 | 28 | 870 | 25 | 801 | 18 | 732 | 18 | 1,025 |
| Italy | … | … | … | … | 1,282 | 19,001 | 2,810 | 5,745 | 4,094 | 339 | 6,595 | 419 | 8,781 | 494 | 11,900 | 619 | 17,046 | 444 | 17,477 |
| France | … | … | … | 23 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 78 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 232 | |
| West Germany | … | … | 850 | 66 | 42 | 64 | 175 | 19 | 544 | 12 | 426 | 17 | 562 | 27 | 1,148 | 15 | 810 | ||
| Netherlands | … | … | … | 69 | 50 | 75 | 134 | 142 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 95 | 1 | 55 | |
| Denmark | … | … | … | 19 | 13 | 15 | 175 | 670 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 107 | 7 | 431 | 4 | 303 | |
| Sweden | … | … | … | 127 | 161 | 137 | 185 | 278 | 371 | 1,172 | 40 | 1,624 | 18 | 999 | 29 | 1,796 | 45 | 3,479 | |
| Norway | … | … | … | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 176 | 12 | 875 | 5 | 420 | |
| Belgium | … | … | … | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3 | |
| Note: Quantity figures before 1970, and details of manufacturers' or brand names, are not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| —=nil; 0=less than 500, or less than £500 as appropriate. | |||||||||||||||||||