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39.
Mr. Ron Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for Trade what estimate he has made of the level of imports of textile and clothing products in 1981 compared with 1980.
Mr. Biffen
Information for 1981 as a whole is not at present available, and I prefer not to venture an estimate. Available information for 1981 is given with the comparable figure for 1980, in the following table:
United Kingdom imports of textile and clothing products, available months of 1981 compared with 1980 | |
£ million cif | |
January-April, September-December 1981 | 2,078 |
January-April, September-December 1980 | 1,888 |
Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC (R2) divisions 65 and 84 (less group 848), groups 266 and 267 and sub-group 268·7 (part).