§ Lord DRUMALBYNasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide a table showing the total sterling value of exports from each of the nine Members of the European Community to countries belonging to the Association of South East Asian Nations, together with a table showing the total sterling value of imports there from to each of the nine Members, for the years 1977 and 1978 and the latest available period in 1979.
§ Lord TREFGARNEThe available information is as follows:
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EEC COUNTRIES' TOTAL EXPORTS TO ASEAN MEMBER COUNTRIES £ million Exports from Belgium/ Luxembourg Denmark France F.R. of Germany Ireland Italy Netherlands United Kingdom Total EEC Exports into INDONESIA 1977 … 41 12 108 273 1 31 146 87 699 1978 … 30 18 81 258 1 34 115 84 621 1979 (Jan-July) … 19 5 44 102 1 14 42 44 271 MALAYSIA 1977 … 17 6 31 125 2 24 22 165 392 1978 … 20 7 46 169 3 36 27 203 511 1979 (Jan-July) … 13 7 28 97 2 22 18 124 311 PHILIPPINES 1977 … 21 7 66 73 2 14 13 93 289 1978 … 30 7 70 101 3 18 16 115 360 1979 (Jan-July) … 10 5 34 74 1 17 15 70 226 SINGAPORE 1977 … 24 14 75 179 3 49 56 201 601 1978 … 31 16 76 210 3 61 52 226 675 1979 (Jan-July) … 24 10 47 139 2 40 37 152 451 THAILAND 1977 … 18 8 66 120 1 28 26 82 349 1978 … 24 9 66 118 3 31 32 86 369 1979 (Jan-July) … 21 7 52 87 1 32 24 56 280 TOTAL ASEAN 1977 … 121 47 346 770 9 146 263 628 2,330 1978 … 135 57 339 856 13 180 242 714 2,536 1979 (Jan-July) … 87 34 205 499 7 125 136 446 1,539
EEC COUNTRIES' TOTAL IMPORTS FROM ASEAN MEMBER COUNTRIES £ million Imports into Belgium Luxembourg Denmark France F.R. of Germany Ireland Italy Netherlands United Kingdom Total EEC Imports from INDONESIA 1977 … 22 26 90 187 2 78 119 29 553 1978 … 20 24 91 184 2 112 97 33 563 1979 (Jan-July) … 22 12 68 120 1 81 65 27 396 MALAYSIA 1977 … 45 15 137 217 8 90 124 224 860 1978 … 49 16 141 236 7 99 107 200 855 1979 (Jan-July) … 29 13 94 171 6 69 82 129 593 PHILIPPINES 1977 … 12 9 51 179 1 13 51 45 361 1978 … 14 12 49 170 2 18 60 63 388 1979 (Jan-July) … 9 8 40 106 2 10 41 44 260 SINGAPORE 1977 … 13 34 67 131 3 36 50 103 437 1978 … 14 10 63 146 4 39 59 117 452 1979 (Jan-July) … 10 7 49 104 3 25 47 94 339 THAILAND 1977 … 50 19 46 158 2 29 158 35 497 1978 … 58 24 81 199 9 45 166 37 619 1979 (Jan-July) … 34 15 60 144 12 30 113 27 435 TOTAL ASEAN 1977 … 142 103 391 872 16 246 502 436 2,708 1978 … 155 86 425 935 24 313 489 450 2,877 1979 (Jan-July) … 104 55 311 645 24 215 348 321 2,023 Notes:
Exports valued fob (that is free on board).
Imports valued cif (that is including cost of insurance and freight).
SourceOECD Trade Series A (The Total Export and Import figures from this source differ slightly from those given in Trade Series C).
1492WAHouse adjourned at twenty minutes before eleven o'clock.