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Mr. Shepherd
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will set out in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1961 the imports and exports
| I. IMPORTS | |||||||
| February-December | January-November | ||||||
| 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | ||
| TOTAL NUMBERS of which consigned from: | … | 3,679 | 3,603 | 2,301 | 3,074 | 3,470 | 3,647(a) |
| Irish Republic | … | 2,157 | 1,947 | 1,339 | 1,998 | 2,367 | 2,283 |
| France | … | 633 | 619 | 455 | 510 | 489 | 504 |
| United States of America | … | 579 | 611 | 167 | 213 | 209 | 336 |
| Italy | … | 89 | 81 | 98 | 106 | 85 | 117 |
| Netherlands | … | 47 | 136 | 43 | 38 | 42 | 98 |
| Federal Republic of Germany | … | 50 | 69 | 71 | 85 | 87 | 84 |
| Argentina | … | 11 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 44 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | … | 32 | 55 | 23 | 26 | 50 | 37 |
| Denmark | … | 6 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 37 |
| Canada | … | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Spain | … | 9 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 17 |
| Sweden | … | 13 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 29 | 14 |
| Portugal | … | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Norway | … | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Poland | … | — | 6 | — | — | 15 | 8 |
| Austria | … | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Other countries | … | 8 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 15 | 20 |
| II. EXPORTS | |||||||
| February-December | January-November | ||||||
| 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | ||
| TOTAL NUMBERS of which consigned to: | … | 4,697 | 5,152 | 5,305 | 4,746 | 4,311 | 3,376(a) |
| Irish Republic | … | 2,128 | 1,739 | 1,499 | 1,439 | 1,597 | 1,188 |
| France | … | 859 | 848 | 861 | 646 | 475 | 412 |
| Australia | … | 152 | 606 | 470 | 278 | 313 | 399 |
| Italy | … | 256 | 310 | 302 | 276 | 214 | 219 |
| Federal Republic of Germany | … | 185 | 121 | 186 | 190 | 192 | 172 |
| Netherlands | … | 81 | 98 | 294 | 174 | 218 | 159 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | … | 99 | 162 | 232 | 222 | 258 | 126 |
| New Zealand | … | 57 | 118 | 57 | 63 | 75 | 90 |
| United States of America | … | 78 | 162 | 168 | 173 | 108 | 78 |
| Malaysia | … | 45 | 61 | 48 | 62 | 89 | 71 |
| Sweden | … | 120 | 141 | 125 | 97 | 57 | 41 |
| Hong Kong | … | — | — | 19 | 23 | 42 | 41 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | … | 6 | 5 | 11 | 85 | 40 | 38 |
| Canada | … | — | 16 | 41 | 69 | 31 | 33 |
| Barbados | … | 17 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 23 | 31 |
| Norway | … | 63 | 112 | 113 | 51 | 45 | 30 |
| Switzerland | … | 22 | 39 | 55 | 32 | 21 | 24 |
| Denmark | … | 95 | 39 | 143 | 138 | 47 | 21 |
| Spain | … | 73 | 80 | 77 | 28 | 60 | 20 |
| Austria | … | 19 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 67 | 15 |
| Japan | … | 184 | 130 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 8 |
| Greece | … | 38 | 44 | 41 | — | 3 | 3 |
| South Africa | … | 33 | 71 | 90 | 113 | 21 | 2 |
| Brazil | … | 14 | 66 | 93 | 118 | 34 | 1 |
| Argentina | … | 1 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 60 | — |
| Other countries | … | 72 | 146 | 238 | 329 | 216 | 154 |
| Notes: | |||||||
| (a) During 1978 4,049 pure-bred breeding horses were imported, and 4,095 were exported. | |||||||
| (b) Figures relate to pure-bred breeding horses included in the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics under SITC Sub-group 001.5. | |||||||
of thoroughbred bloodstock and the countries involved in that trade.
Mr. Meacher
Overseas trade in thoroughbred horses can be identified only from February 1973 onwards. Following is the available information: