§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade what estimate he has made of the positive or negative balance in trade in manufactures with the European Economic Community and with the rest of the world, respectively, in 1981; and what were the comparable balances in each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. Peter ReesEstimates for 1981 are not yet available. The information for earlier years is given in the following table.
United Kingdom crude balance of trade in manufactures*with other members of the European Community† and the Rest of the World £ million European Community Rest of the World 1971 +329 +2, 442 1972 +22 +2, 082 1973 −416 +1, 745 1974‡ −750 +2, 328 1975‡ −639 +4, 105 1976 −666 +4, 799 1977 −910 +6, 038 1978 −2, 029 +5, 692 1979 −3, 081 +4, 262 1980 −1, 765 +5, 340 Notes
*SITC 5 to 8
† Including Greece, Denmark and Ireland throughout
‡ Figures have as far as possible been adjusted onto a 1981 classification basis. However, there remains a very small discontinuity between 1974 and 1975.
Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics