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CONSUMPTION OF COTTON AND SPUN MMF YARN IN

MILLION. LBS.

78/

TABLE 1

First half

1968

1969

1970

1970

1971

UK Manufacturers

deliveries: total

642.5

645.8.: 619.5

323.0.

292.1

Exports

9.7

12.7

11.1

6.0

4.6

Imports

46.6

48.1

48.7

21.6

27.1

Estimated Consumption

67984

.681.2

657.1

338.6

314.6

Home Deliveries as a %

of estimated consumption

93.1

92.9

92.6

93.6

91.4

Imports as a % of

estimate consumption

6.9

7.1

7.4

6.4

8.6

CONSUMPTION OF WOVEN COTTON AND MMF FABRICS

MILLION SQUARE YARDS

First half

1968

1969

1970

1970

1971

Production

'1622

1692

1604. a

861

·794

Imports

.854.

700

644

312

412

Exports

234:

247

256

122

125

Estimated consumption"

2219

2127

2040

1069

1079

Production as % of

estimated consumption

73.1

·79:5

78.5

80.5

73.3

Imports as % of

estimated consumption

38.5

32.9

31.6.

29.2

38.2

Adjusted for stock changes