§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the average price of imported and exported and home-produced cars (a) not exceeding 1500 cc, (b) exceeding 1500 cc but not exceeding 3000 cc and (c) in total for each of the years 1975 to 1980 and for the month of September 1981.
Total all cars Engine not exceeding 1500 cc Engine exceeding 1500 but not exceeding 3000 cc Imports cif £ Exports fob £ Imports cif £ Exports fob £ Imports cif £ Exports fob £ 1975 1,143 946 * * * * 1976 1,653 1,294 * * * * 1977 1,893 1,592 * * * * 1978 2,199 1,974 1,631 1,439 2,711 1,676 1979 2,427 1,993 1,806 1,293 2,915 1,996 1980 2,417 2,289 1,927 1,339 3,004 2,121 1981 (September) 2,914 3,009 2,274 1,598 3,521 2,833 * Not available. Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC/R2 Group 781.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total number and value of imports of cars, trucks, vans and lorries into the United Kingdom from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in each year
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Imports of Vehicles from the Soviet Union United Kingdom Federal Republic of Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium/ Luxembourg Ireland Denmark Greece CARS* Value £ thousand 1977 12,908 13,644 9,650 1,286 7,019 11,701 — 3,747 2,749 1978 18,481 13,310 14,167 1,634 7,096 13,016 — 3,998 3,716 1979 26,763 12,244 17,900 1,886 9,536 18,683 — 4,410 3,991 1980 14,248 5,612 13,218 3,727 5,528 17,104 — 2,207 667 Numbers 1977 14,779 12,707 11,288 2,330 6,553 10,532 — 4,105 † 1978 17,988 10,576 14,468 2,713 6,270 11,159 — 4,558 † 1979 23,244 8,338 17,366 2,942 8,804 16,784 — 5,160 † 1980 1,854 4,008 13,454 3,076 5,543 16,035 — 2,715 † TRUCKS, VANS AND LORRIES‡ Value £ thousand 1977 718 37 3 54 — — — — 95 1978 551 48 131 107 — — — — — 1979 804 65 129 58 — 286 — — 326 1980 267 302 19 61 — 1 — — 359
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimInformation on average prices is not available. The available information on the average declared value of imported and exported passenger motor cars in the stipulated categories is as follows. Changes in these values may reflect increases or decreases in the price of individual models or changes in the numbers and types of cars composing the category concerned.
since 1977; and how these figures compare with comparable statistics for each country of the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. SproatThe available information is as follows:
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United Kingdom Federal Republic of Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium/ Luxembourg Ireland Denmark Greece Numbers 1977 113 5 2 32 — — — — † 1978 123 5 5 59 — — — — † 1979 355 5 6 39 180 — — — † 1980 66 24 2 42 — 1 — — † * Taken as SITC Rev 1 732.1 (1977) and SITC Rev 2 781 (1978–80)—Passenger motor cars (other than public-service type vehicles), including vehicles designed for the transport of both passengers and goods. † Details of the numbers of vehicles imported into Greece from the Soviet Union are not readily available. ‡ Taken as SITC Rev 1 732.3, 732.4 and 732.5 (1977); and SITC Rev 2 782 and 783.2 (1979–80)—Motor vehicles for the transport of goods or materials and special purpose motor vehicles. Road tractors for semi-trailers. Sources: Greece—OECD Trade Series C.
Other Countries—Eurostat.