§ Mr. David Howellasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish for 1964, 1970, 1974, 1975, or the nearest convenient years, estimates in current 385W prices and in volume terms, of United Kingdom production, domestic consumption, imports and exports of manufactured products, if possible, distinguishing between imports which compete directly with domestic production and those which are complementary to it.
UNITED KINGDOM OUTPUT, EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND IMPLIED DEMAND FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS* £000 million Current prices 1970 prices Output† Exports‡ Imports‡ Implied Demand§ Output† Exports‡ Imports‡ Implied Demand§ 1963 … 15.5 3.9 3.3 14.9 19.8 4.9 4.3 19.2 1970 … 26.2 7.4 6.6 25.4 26.2 7.4 6.6 25.4 1974 … 43.2 16.1 15.8 42.9 28.2 10.4 9.4 27.2 * The products of manufacturing industry as defined in the Standard Industrial Classification 1968. † Free of duplication (i.e. excluding sales within manufacturing industry). ‡ The exports and imports figures differ from those published in the Overseas Trade Statistics as they have been adjusted to conform with the basis of the input-output statistics—e.g., by excluding the estimated value of goods imported for re-export. § Output plus imports minus exports. No allowance has been made for changes in stocks.