§ Mr. David Howellasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish current values in millions of £'s sterling and index number of value and volume for exports of manufactures, imports and finished manufactures and imports of industrial materials for 1946 to 1974.
§ Mr. DeakinsFollowing is the information:
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Index number 1970=100 Exports of Manufactures (SITC(R) Section 5 to 8) Imports of Finished Manufactures (SITC(R) Section 7 and 8) Imports of Industrial Material (SITC(R) Section 2, 4, 5 and 6) £ million f.o.b. Unit Value Index Volume Index £ million c.i.f. Unit Value Index Volume Index £ million c.i.f. Unit Value Index Volume Index 1949 … … 1,546 — — 100 — — 1,059 — — 1950 … … 1,877 — — 101 — — 1,298 — — 1951 … … 2,265 — — 119 — — 2,214 — — 1952 … … 2,224 — — 177 — — 1,799 — — 1953 … … 2,170 — — 194 — — 1,563 — — 1954 … … 2,199 64 51 166 67 12 1,589 77 52 1955 … … 2,421 65 55 206 68 15 1,886 82 59 1956 … … 2,672 67 59 234 65 16 1,850 83 58 1957 … … 2,814 69 60 268 71 18 1,909 82 60 1958 … … 2,757 70 58 303 73 21 1,580 74 55 1959 … … 2,875 70 60 377 76 25 1,696 73 61 1960 … … 3,097 72 63 517 77 35 2,085 75 71 1961 … … 3,258 72 65 556 73 36 1,984 75 68 1962 … … 3,336 73 66 602 73 39 1,880 72 66 1963 … … 3,568 75 69 651 75 41 2,041 73 71 1964 … … 3,773 76 72 837 78 51 2,443 76 82 1965 … … 4,095 79 76 882 77 54 2,480 79 81 1966 … … 4,390 82 78 991 79 60 2,540 81 80 1967 … … 4.386 83 77 1,245 82 73 2,611 80 84 1968 … … 5,413 90 88 1,653 93 85 3,327 90 95 1969 … … 6,256 93 99 1,835 95 92 3,555 95 96 1970 … … 6,806 100 100 2,072 100 100 3,862 100 100 1971 … … 7,825 105 110 2,431 106 115 3,842 99 101 1972 … … 8,257 111 112 3,130 111 146 4,286 102 109 1973 … … 10,455 124 128 4,632 128 186 6,239 131 125 1974 … … 13,685 155 135 5,555 152 189 8,953 190 129 Note: Value figures prior to 1949 and index numbers prior to 1954, are not available on a comparable basis.
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