§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing for the European Economic Community countries and for the rest of the world, the volume and value of imports and exports of (a) iron and steel (b) motor cars and (d) commercial vehicles 5W for each year since 1970 and the current year to date.
1. TRADE IN IRON AND STEEL (1) Imports Weight (thousand tonnes) Value (£ million cif) EEC (8) Rest of world EEC (8) Rest of world 1970 681 2,031 61 162 1971 881 1,610 73 133 1972 1,219 1,974 96 156 1973 1,549 1,734 175 199 1974 2,818 1,552 429 287 1975 2,648 1,554 471 353 1976 2,776 1,978 550 416 1977 2,505 1,767 570 415 1978 2,441 1,785 621 435 1979 2,558 1,827 724 492 January—May 1980 1,668 832 464 229
Exports Weight (thousand tonnes) Value (£ million fob) EEC (8) Rest of world EEC (8) Rest of world 1970 879 3,465 70 278 1971 779 4,327 65 338 1972 792 3,952 68 309 1973 1,003 3,380 102 332 1974 912 2,623 136 416 1975 777 2,581 159 523 1976 1,112 2,758 235 589 1977 1,243 3,385 291 725 1978 1,372 3,214 336 770 1979 1,595 3,144 439 839 January—May 1980 411 539 131 211
II. TRADE IN PASSENGER MOTOR CARS (2) Imports Number (thousands) Value (£ million cif) EEC (8) Rest of world EEC (8) Rest of world 1970 136 23 69 17 1971 236 48 139 34 1972 332 122 238 89 1973 346 163 308 133 1974 248 129 246 112 1975 278 174 337 179 1976 362 176 643 246 1977 486 216 986 342 1978 548 259 1,288 486 1979 728 343 1,910 684 January—May 1980 313 158 832 294
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Exports Number (thousands) Value (£ million fob) EEC (8) Rest of world EEC (8) Rest of world 1970 208 485 75 255 1971 217 506 80 291 1972 208 420 81 250 1973 232 368 110 265 1974 159 410 85 341 1975 121 401 105 389 1976 129 377 172 483 1977 131 355 233 542 1978 123 356 276 670 1979 141 279 267 570 January—May 1980 58 112 115 258
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe information is as follows:
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III. TRADE IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (3) Imports Number (thousands) Value (£ million cif EEC (8) Rest of world EEC (8) Rest of world 1970 8 3 5 10 1971 16 3 11 14 1972 29 7 22 18 1973 29 9 30 29 1974 32 8 54 44 1975 20 7 47 51 1976 20 8 77 57 1977 26 11 141 84 1978 26 22 152 126 1979 38 32 236 161 January—May 1980 20 16 124 77
Exports Number (thousands) Value (£ million fob) EEC (8) Rest of world EEC (8) Rest of world 1970 28 153 27 167 1971 31 175 35 206 1972 25 125 28 160 1973 35 137 44 186 1974 34 138 56 215 1975 36 158 82 382 1976 51 151 129 461 1977 51 154 168 531 1978 40 114 168 445 1979 38 115 193 488 January—May 1980 20 37 93 194 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics ((1) SITC (R1 and R2) Division 67, (2) SITC (R1) Sub-groups 732.1 and.6 and (3) Sub-groups 732.2 to.5 and.7; and corresponding items under SITC (R2)).
Notes:
(a) Owing to changes in the classification of the trade statistics the figures for iron and steel for 1978 onwards are not absolutely equivalent to those for earlier years but the differences are negligible.
(b) The figures for commercial vehicles include dumpers and crane lorries and other minor approximations.