asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state for each of the years 1937, 1938 and 1939, the quantity and value of cotton yarn imported from each of the various countries of origin, and the total quantity and value imported.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Imports of Cotton Yarn.
As the statistics of imports have not been compiled by the country of consignment since 1st April, 1935, the information requested is not available. I am giving the Deputy the figures for imports by country of origin in response to another of his questions.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state for each of the years 1937, 1938 and 1939, the quantity and value of cotton yarn imported from each of the principal countries of consignment, and the total quantity and value imported.
As the answer is in the form of a tabular statement I propose to circulate it with the Official Report. The table shows the quantity and value of cotton yarn imported in each of the years 1937 and 1938 and in the first eight months of 1939. The Deputy will have observed that for September, 1939, and subsequent months a summary only of imports and exports has been issued. On grounds of public policy it has been decided not to publish for the present in any form more details than are given in this summary.
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DESCRIPTION AND COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN |
Quantity |
Value |
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1937 |
1938 |
Jany. to August, 1939 |
1937 |
1938 |
Jany. to August, 1939 |
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Lb. |
£ |
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|
Cotton Yarn— |
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|
Ply Yarn: |
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|
Great Britain |
750,268 |
759,025 |
616,941 |
82,577 |
77,085 |
60,896 |
|
Northern Ireland |
629 |
71 |
43 |
52 |
2 |
— |
|
Austria |
— |
952 |
— |
— |
127 |
— |
|
Belgium |
81,758 |
148,215 |
111,779 |
5,616 |
7,682 |
5,415 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
— |
299 |
— |
— |
21 |
— |
|
France |
1,772 |
471 |
353 |
397 |
132 |
76 |
|
Germany |
123 |
642 |
— |
38 |
187 |
— |
|
Netherlands |
352 |
— |
— |
15 |
— |
— |
|
Switzerland |
118 |
18 |
— |
46 |
7 |
— |
|
Re-Imports |
3,397 |
501 |
— |
262 |
25 |
— |
|
TOTAL |
838,417 |
910,194 |
729,116 |
89,003 |
85,268 |
66,389 |
|
Other Yarn: |
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|
Great Britain |
5,148,736 |
5,428,824 |
4,846,191 |
256,713 |
240,096 |
205,113 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3,675 |
7,356 |
2,588 |
177 |
180 |
38 |
|
Belgium |
186,791 |
740,126 |
498,428 |
10,034 |
35,567 |
22,271 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
43,176 |
103,563 |
— |
2,033 |
4,874 |
— |
|
France |
— |
7,929 |
55,381 |
— |
301 |
1,378 |
|
Germany |
614 |
— |
26,483 |
188 |
— |
1,341 |
|
Italy |
— |
3,662 |
— |
— |
154 |
— |
|
Netherlands |
— |
4,336 |
— |
— |
159 |
— |
|
Japan |
45 |
— |
— |
2 |
— |
— |
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TOTAL |
5,383,037 |
6,295,796 |
5,429,071 |
269,147 |
281,331 |
230,141 |