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Mr. Leighton
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing the number of domestic sewing machines and their average value exported from the United Kingdom to other EEC countries in each of the years 1970 to 1978 and the current year to date, together with corresponding figures for imports from Germany, Italy, the Irish Republic and France.
Mr. Eyre
[pursuant to his reply, 15 November 1979, c. 770]: The available information for sewing machines, including sewing machine heads, mainly domestic is as follows:
| UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Exports to Rest of EEC | France | Federal Republic of Germany | Italy | Irish Republic | ||||||||||
| Numbers | Average value f.o.b. | Numbers | Average value c.i.f. | Numbers | Average value c.i.f. | Numbers | Average value c.i.f. | Numbers | Average value c.i.f. | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||||||||
| 1970 | … | … | … | … | 58,540 | 21·97 | 3,901 | 13·33 | 13,296 | 41·67 | 56,449 | 13·37 | 2,964 | 13·16 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | … | 38,923 | 26·31 | 39 | 25·64 | 16,729 | 45·31 | 28,970 | 15·88 | 2,702 | 13·32 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | … | 78,886 | 23·02 | 1,067 | 24·37 | 15,569 | 44·90 | 28,163 | 18·29 | 1,996 | 16·53 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 72,735 | 26·42 | 24,703 | 29·87 | 22,517 | 60·80 | 26,326 | 24·54 | 149,236 | 2·32 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 82,264 | 26·17 | 12,321 | 39·69 | 10,367 | 68·39 | 18,589 | 32·33 | 20,735 | 3·76 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | … | 103,193 | 33·11 | 6,453 | 47·73 | 13,166 | 90·54 | 8,771 | 46·17 | 106,150 | 1·41 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | … | 145,621 | 31·60 | 5,089 | 60·13 | 16,053 | 120·10 | 34,293 | 47·85 | 57,117 | 1·26 |
| 1977 | … | … | … | … | 148,224 | 35·36 | 15,085 | 19·42 | 19,623 | 110·58 | 42,908 | 56·70 | 50,818 | 2·14 |
| 1978 | … | … | … | … | 100,897 | 51·27 | 12,794 | 46·90 | 20,943 | 128·63 | 60,768 | 62·27 | 181 | 88·40 |
| January-September 1979 | … | … | … | … | 45,584 | 64·96 | 6,799 | 36·18 | 10,866 | 138·23 | 44,129 | 44·60 | 234 | 64·10 |
| Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, ex SITC(R1) Sub·group 717.3 and ex SITC(R2) Item 724.31. | ||||||||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Figures for 1970–74 inclusive relate only to domestic equipment. Those for 1975 onwards include small numbers of industrial sewing machines and heads | ||||||||||||||
| (b) Export figures relate to the EEC as currently constituted. | ||||||||||||||