HC Deb 04 December 1974 vol 882 cc515-6W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish a table showing United Kingdom exports per head of population compared to those of all other major industrialised countries.

Mr. Deakins

For the United Kingdom and certain other industrial countries exports per head of population in 1973 were:

US$
United Kingdom … 546
Belgium/Luxembourg … 2,216
Netherlands … 1,790
Sweden … 1,495
Switzerland … 1,472
Canada … 1,139
German Federal Republic … 1,089
France … 682
Czechoslovakia … 451
German Democratic Republic … 443
Italy … 405
Japan … 341
USA … 334
USSR … 86

Source: United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, October 1974, Table 1 (population) and Table 52 (exports).