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Mr. Robert Atkins
asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many Christmas cards manufactured in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were imported in the United Kingdom in 1979.
Mr. Litherland
asked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the up-to-date total of greetings cards imported into the United Kingdom that were originally printed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Mr. Tebbit
The number of Christmas and other pictorial greeting cards of
| UNITED KINGDOM CRUDE BALANCE* OF TRADE WITH THE EEC (6) AND THE REST OF THE WORLD | ||||||
| £ million, OTS basis | ||||||
| Total Trade (0–9) less Crude Oil and Division 66 | Manufactures (5–8) less Division 66 | |||||
| EEC (6) | Rest of World | EEC (6) | Rest of World | |||
| SITC (R) | ||||||
| 1970 | … | … | -127 | -186 | +103 | +2,115 |
| 1971 | … | … | -254 | +459 | +14 | +2,732 |
| 1972 | … | … | -559 | +6 | -257 | +2,367 |
| 1973 | … | … | -1,290 | -977 | -744 | +2,136 |
| 1974 | … | … | -2,142 | -819 | -1,122 | +2,807 |
| 1975 | … | … | -2,146 | +1,164 | -1,064 | +4,609 |
| 1976 | … | … | -2,491 | +1,006 | -1,338 | +5,412 |
| 1977 | … | … | -2,951 | +2,095 | -1,712 | +6,792 |
| SITC(Rev2) | ||||||
| 1977 | … | … | -2,988 | +1,982 | -1,712 | +6,799 |
| 1978 | … | … | -3,445 | +1,705 | -2,896 | +6,449 |
| 1979 | … | … | -4,998 | -38 | -4,092 | +5,415 |
| * Exports valued fob less imports valued cif. | ||||||
| Crude oil is defined as SITC (R) 331.01; SITC (Rev 2) 333. | ||||||
| Full details of trade in previous stones are not available, but they formed around 85 per cent. of trade in Division 66 (non-metallic mineral manufactures) in 1979. | ||||||