§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the total volume of exports and imports in trade with the European Economic Community in each year since 1970; and if he can provide separate figures for trade in oil and financial services, separately.
§ Mr. ChannonEstimates of trade volumes are not compiled by area. An analysis by value of United Kingdom visible trade with the other members of the Community is published in the bi-annual White Paper "Developments in the European Community". Value figures of trade in financial services from 1973 are published annually in the United Kingdom Balance of Payments (Pink Book), table 12.1. Copies of these publications are in the House Library.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a table showing, in respect of both the current and pre-1973 membership of the European Economic Community, the percentage of United Kingdom exports of all goods and services, visible exports and manufactured goods, respectively, which went to the European Economic Community; and if he will publish a table showing the same percentage information in respect of the percentage of United Kingdom imports which came from the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. ChannonThe figures for 1982, the latest year for which most of the information is available, are in the following table.20W
European Community share of United Kingdom trade 1982 Original six members Current members Exports* Imports* Exports† Imports† per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. Goods and services ║ ║ 37 43 Total goods 34 38 41 46 Manufactures‡ 31 46 37 52 * Derived from Overseas Trade Statistics data. † Derived from Balance of Payments data. ‡ Standard International Trade Classifications, sections 5 to 8. ║ Not available. Source:
United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
C.S.O. Balance of Payments.