UK Shirt Consumption.
Man W.S. Carter
'000 dozen
1965
1966
1967
1968
Jan-June Jan-June
1963
1969
Woven Shirts
Production (1)
3,315
3.183
2.836
2.424
n.a.
n.a.
Imports.- Cotton
1,099
1,144
942
1.022
564
441
Other
28
42
125
107
57
81
Exports
117
127
124
161
79
103
Consumption
4,325
4,241
3.780
3391
na
n.a.
Imports as % of consumptio,
26.06
27.96
28-23
33.29
n.a.
na
Knitted Shirts
(1) These production figures are only estimates and have not been published.
J
All Shirts
Production (2) Imports
1.2.
n.a.
2,284
2,262
1,186
1,072
1,382
1,890
na.
1,221
n.a.
1.469
Production + Imports.
n.a.
n.a.
3,666
4,152
A.a.
n.a.
Imports as % of Prod. + Imps
na.
n.a.
37.69
45.52
A.a.
n.a.
(2) Includes returns made
by
Shirt Industry.
Production
A.a.
n.a.
5,120
4,636
1.a.
na.
Imports
2313
2,258
2449
3.019
1,842
1,991
Production & Imports
na.
n.q.
7569
7.705
n.a.
na
%
Imports an % of Pread & Imps.
n.a.
n.a.
32.35
39-18
A.a.
n.a