HL Deb 29 June 1972 vol 332 cc1093-4WA
LORD BROCKWAY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the annual value of each of the following exports and what percentage is each of the total value of all exports:

  • Books,
  • Printing,
  • Canned, frozen, dried and other packaged foodstuffs,
  • Clothing (other than footwear),
  • Footwear,
  • Beer and spirits,
  • Motor vehicles,
  • Insurance, Banking, Shipping.

THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (THE EARL OF LIMERICK)

Following is the information for 1971 in respect of visible exports:

£ million (f.o.b.) Percentage of total exports of goods
Books 59* 0.6
Printing 46 0.5
Canned, frozen, dried and other packaged food-stuffs 28† 0.3
Clothing (other than foot-wear) 129 1.4
Footwear 36 0.4
Beer and spirits 253 2.7
Motor vehicles (including engines and parts) 961 10.4
* In addition, it is estimated that books valued at £10.5 million were exported by letter post which is excluded from the trade figures.
† Canned, frozen, dried and other packaged foodstuffs are not consistently and fully distinguished in the export trade statistics. The figure is a total of those items which can be identified as falling within these terms.

The provisional estimate of receipts from abroad for insurance and banking services and for shipping in 1971 is £1,905 million, or about 35 per cent. of total invisible exports. Revised figures will be published in September in the United Kingdom Balance of Payments 1972.

House adjourned at twenty-six minutes past nine o'clock.