§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the value of the United Kingdom's exports, imports and trade balance in manufacturing and
Value of United Kingdom Trade: A) In Total (£ million) 1970 1980 Imports cif Exports fob Crude Balance Imports cif Exports fob Crude Balance Developing countries 2,191 1,831 -360 9,956 10,628 +672 Oil-exporting developing countries 828 469 -359 4,270 4,781 +511 Non-oil-exporting developing countries 1,363 1,362 -1 5,686 5,847 +161 Newly-industrialising countries (Not available) 5,146 5,537 +391
B) In Manufactured Goods in 1980 Imports cif Exports fob Crude Balance Developing Countries 2,871 9,112 +6,241 Oil-exporting developing countries 444 4,138 +3,695 Non-oil-exporting developing countries 2,427 4,974 +2,546 Notes:
(a) figures correspond to the Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC(R2) on the 1981 basis.
(b) manufactured goods correspond to SITC(R2) sections 50–8 inclusive.
(c) the crude balance represents exports valued fob less imports valued cif.
(d) Developing countries and oil exporters are as defined in the Overseas Trade Statistics.
(e) Newly-industrialising countries comprise the 23 countries referred to as such in Government Economic Service working paper No. 18.
(f) Because of rounding, the crude balances may vary slightly from the differences between exports and imports as stated.