§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of British food imports was covered by British food exports in every year since 1966; and what proportion of food exports went to the present member States of the European Community in each of these years.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information requested is as follows:
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United Kingdom food exports as a proportion of United Kingdom food imports United Kingdom food exports to the present member States of the Community as proportion of total United Kingdom food exports Year percentage by value percentage by value 1966 10.9 49.0 1967 10.2 53.1 1968 10.5 44.8 1969 11.2 46.0 1970 12.0 33.5 1971 13.4 32.5 1972 14.8 39.7 1973 17.1 48.2 1974 17.0 42.2 1975 21.6 51.0
United Kingdom food exports as a proportion of United Kingdom food imports United Kingdom food exports to the present member States of the Community as proportion of total United Kingdom food exports Year percentage by value percentage by value 1976 21.9 53.6 1977 24.6 55.5 1978 32.9 59.7 1979 28.5 61.1 1980 36.1 60.7 Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.
Note:
Food is taken to be section 0 of the United Nations standard international tariff classification—SITC—less divisions 00—live animals—and 08—feedingstuffs for animals: for the years 1966–1969, however, the statistics for these divisions are not available by country and the percentages shown for these years in column 3 are therefore inflated and not comparable with those which follow.