asked the Secretary of State for Trade why the provisional import quota for undergarments from South Korea has been fixed at 1,500,000 pieces when imports into the United Kingdom in 1980 were 399,000 pieces.

[pursuant to the reply, 2 March 1932 c. 74.]: The provisional quota took into account a level of actual imports of 1,776,000 pieces during the seven months of 1980 (January-March and September-December) for which United Kingdom import statistics were available.