§ Mr. Skeetasked the Minister for Trade what has been the level of British exports to each country in the "franc zone" in Africa for each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe information is as follows: 189W
United Kingdom Exports to CFA (African Financial Community) Countries, 1972–81 £ thousand fob 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Benin 1,737 2,031 3,605 7,144 6,848 10,049 11,462 12,478 13,121 18,612 Cameroon 3,404 4,315 6,274 7,760 8,140 20,786 17,546 14,771 17,533 24,014 Central African Republic 95 317 409 342 312 868 553 808 738 374 Chad 234 170 209 823 410 724 784 612 361 376 Comoros 58 72 25 13 19 69 125 52 155 212 Congo 1,074 1,450 1,332 1,466 1,787 3,478 2,071 3,391 2,944 4,434 Gabon 2,368 2,833 3,565 2,913 4,178 5,626 6,216 6,460 9,155 12,100 Ivory Coast 4,106 4,012 6,529 12,290 17,889 25,342 24,224 24,001 24,062 30,129 Mali 474 483 1,422 1,700 1,503 1,554 2,952 2,470 2,171 2,762 Mauritania 1,245 857 4,531 3,960 6,175 4,364 3,063 2,845 4,508 3,517 Niger 1,381 577 3,391 2,659 1,104 3,549 11,897 16,540 7,896 5,202 Senegal 2,536 2,701 3,290 5,711 9,484 9,529 10,109 11,022 16,051 26,277 Togo 2,582 3,009 3,831 10,431 12,731 16,133 16,649 18,772 22,918 21,423 Upper Volta 110 167 414 299 548 3,707 914 1,234 1,039 5,311 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC (R2) 1981 basis.
Note: The figures for 1981 incorporate estimates for March to August inclusive of that year, based on sampling of documents.