HC Deb 01 December 1969 vol 792 c211W
92 and 93. Sir T. Beamish

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what was the percentage increase in the dollar value of exports for the first 10 months of 1969 compared with the first 10 months of 1964; and how this compares with the uncorrected percentage increases in the sterling value and volume of exports over this period;

(2) what was the percentage increase in the dollar value of exports for the first 10 months of 1964 compared with the first 10 months of 1959; and how this compares with the uncorrected percentage increases in the sterling value and volume of exports over this period.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

Comparing the first ten months of each year, the increase in the dollar value of exports between 1964 and 1969 was 35 per cent., and between 1959 and 1964 33 per cent. The increases over the same periods in terms of sterling values were 58 per cent. and 33 per cent. and, in terms of volume, 34 per cent. and 20 per cent. respectively.