§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will bring up to date the figures published in the Official Report on 31 July 1981 in reply to a written question from the hon. Member for Grimsby concerning the terms of trade and relative volume.
§ Mr. Peter ReesInformation available is as follows: 63W
Terms of Trade* (Not Seasonally Adjusted) * Export Unit Value Index as a Percentage of the Import Unit Value Index 1975=100 OTS Basis Machinery and Transport Equipment Miscellaneous Manufactures Total Total excluding ships, NSI and aircraft Machinery Total Mechanical Electrical Road vehicles Total Clothing and footwear Scientific instruments and photographic apparatus SITC(R2) 7 7 less SNA 71–77 71–74 less 716 716,75–77 78 8 84+85 87+88 1981 September 120 122 125 120 129 113 108 97 113 October 118 120 122 116 128 110 106 99 111 1978 (Revised) 74 Relative Volume† (Seasonally Adjusted) 1981 September 56 51 54 65 48 38 73 97 84 October 71 65 65 76 60 61 83 99 90 † Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index. 64W65W
Consumer Goods Intermediate Goods Capital Goods Total Machinery Passenger motor cars Miscellaneous Total Machinery Miscellaneous Total Machinery Miscellaneous 7+8 less SNA 7+8 less SNA 7+8 less SNA SITC (R2) PT 71–77 PT 781 8PT PT 71–77 PT 8 PT PT 71–77 PT 8 PT 1981 September 118 126 135 104 128 138 113 115 112 112 October 116 123 131 103 126 137 108 110 108 110 Relative Volume† (Seasonally Adjusted) 1981 September 56 34 35 74 56 59 61 55 54 87 October 72 40 65 87 69 72 65 66 64 89 † Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index.
Terms of Trade* (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Office machines and ADP equipment Telecom and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment Other transport equipment SITC (R2) 75 76 79 1981 September 125 135 114 October 120 138 114 Relative Volume (Seasonally Adjusted)† 1981 September 63 32 174 October 91 33 184 * Export unit value index as a percentage of the import unit value index. † Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index.