§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish a table showing the import to export ratio of trade in manufactures, excluding oil and precious stones, with the EEC and the rest of the world, respectively, in each year since 1963.
§ Mr. Parkinson[pursuant to his reply, 8 June 1981, c. 3]: The information is as follows:
United Kingdom import/export ratios for manufactures* less precious stones† expressed as a percentage ‡European Community Rest of world 1963 60 41 1964 70 51 1965 70 47 1966 74 49 1967 83 56 1968 86 62 1969 77 60 1970 79 60 1971 85 54 1972 100 61 1973 113 73 1974 118 72 1975 113 61 1976 109 64 1977 109 63 1978 119 67 1979 124 76 1980 115 73 * Oil is not included under manufactures.
† Trade in precious stones is not available by country. Trade in non-metallic mineral manufactures has been used instead; approximately half the value of trade in this heading in 1980 was accounted for by trade in precious stones, using 1981 OTS definitions.
‡ Includes Greece, Denmark and Ireland throughout.