asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the increase in United Kingdom imports of textile products from the United States of America expressed as a percentage for the first nine months of 1980 compared with the same period in 1979 and 1978;(2) what was the rise or fall in the value of textile and clothing products imported into the United Kingdom, expressed as a percentage, in July, August and September 1980 as compared with those months in 1979; and by what percentage the volume rose or fell in the same quarter of 1980 as compared with the same period in 1979;(3) what was the increase, in value of exports of textile products from the United Kingdom expressed as a percentage for the months of July, August and September 1980 in comparison with the same three months in 1979; and by what percentage the volume exported in the three months had risen or fallen on the figure for the three months in 1979;(4) what was the increase in value of exports of textile products from the United Kingdom expressed as a percentage on the 1979 figure for the first nine months of 1980; and what was the percentage increase on 1979 for volume, in the same period;(5) what was the increase in value of exports of clothing products from the United Kingdom expressed as a percentage on the 1979 figure, for the first nine months of 1980; and what was the percentage increase on 1979 for volume, in the same period;(6) what was the rise or fall in the value of textile and clothing products imported into the United Kingdom, expressed as a percentage, in the first nine months of 1980 as compared with the comparable period in 1979; and by what percentage the volume fell or rose in the first nine months of 1980 expressed as a percentage compared with the same period in 1979.

[pursuant to the reply 28 November 1980]: The information is given in the table below. Volume figures have been derived on the basis of weight.