§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will publish a table showing a comparison of the export or foreign currency earnings of the motor vehicle, whisky and tourist industries in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MeacherFigures of export sales of the motor vehicle industry and of exports of whisky are given in the following table:
Exports £ million (fob) Motor Vehicle Industry* Whisky† 1967 495‡ 122 1968 622‡ 177 1969 762‡ 167 1970 808 194 1971 957 227 1972 885 228 1973 1,056 260 1974 1,296 326 1975 1,724 367 1976 2,232§ 437 * Export sales of principal products of the motor vehicle industry as defined by Minimum List Heading 381 of the Standard Industrial Classification, 1968. Sales based on overseas trade statistics. † Commodity information from overseas trade statistics. ‡ Estimated. § Provisional. For the tourist industry, the most appropriate information is the expenditure in the United Kingdom by overseas residents which is shown as the credit item of the travel account of the balance of payments. Information is given in Table II of the publication "United Kingdom Balance of Payments 1965–75". The latest figures for 1975 and 1976 are £1,123 million and £1,628 million respectively.