TABLE I
UK IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM LOW COST SOURCES
Supplying country (*
=
ASEAN
-
1981
£000's
Portugal
Hong Kong
India
80,592
54,599
40,489
China
33,573
South Korea
26,163
Spain
Pakistan
24,694
23,799
Turkey
16,389
Brazil
Taiwan
* Malaysia
8,717
7,919
4,947
Bangladesh
4,054
Egypt
3,930
Czechoslovakia
3,914
* Thailand
3,765
* Singapore
Poland
Hungary
2,984
2,935
2,675
Malta
2,226
Uruguay
2,110
Mexico
2,003
Romania
1,840
GDR
1,830
Mauritius
1,507
Colombia
1,026
Peru
872
Yugoslavia
* Indonesia
833
514
Cyprus
474
Sri Lanka
* Philippines
Argentina
Morocco
Haiti
439
400
362
275
127
Tunisia
Bulgaria
122
19
10
Macao
Guatemala
Total
363,127