§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will circulate in the Official Report figures showing the value and volume of imports and exports of consumer goods covered by standard international trade classification overseas 1971 to 1977 for 1959, 1969 and 1979.
§ Mr. ParkinsonData for 1959 are not available. The information as is available for the other years requested, or for an adjacent year, is given in the table below.
the position with the major firms in the industry.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe information requested is given in the table below. I have had no recent discussions with representatives of the electrical machinery industry on this matter, but we do of course discuss issues of mutual interest from time to time.
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY* (OTS basis) 1975=100 Terms of traded† Relative volumet‡ 1978— First quarter 106 83 Second quarter 106 83 Third quarter 107 78 Fourth quarter 108 77 1979— First quarter 113 63 Second quarter 121 65 Third quarter 129 57 Fourth quarter 129 56 1980— First quarter 125 64 * SITC(R2) Divisions 75 to 77 and Group 716. † Export unit value index as a percentage of the import unit value index (not seasonally adjusted) ‡ Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index (seasonally adjusted).