§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the United Kingdom share of world trade(a) as a whole and (b) in manufactured goods in each year since 1970; and what was the value of (i) UK and (ii) world trade in each of those years. [92560]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 26 July 1999]: Data for world and UK merchandise trade since 1970, both expressed in US dollars, can be found in the IMF's quarterly Direction of Trade Statistics publication.