§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a table showing the total figures for the import and export of manufactured goods and the consequent trade balance, in respect of the European Economic Community and the rest of the world, respectively, for 1983; and if he will publish in the same table the comparable figures for each year back to 1970.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is in the table. For 1983 these balance of payments figures are available for only the first three quarters.
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United Kingdom Trade in Manufactures £ million BoP basis European Community* Rest of World Exports Imports Visible Balance Exports Imports Visible Balance 1970 1,962 1,431 +531 4,920 2,889 +2,031 1971 2,059 1,728 +331 5,633 2,949 +2,684 1972 2,281 2,331 -50 5,677 3,482 + 2,195 1973 3,015 3,481 -466 6,908 4,954 + 1,954 1974 4,330 4,965 -635 9,064 6,459 +2,605 1975 4,699 5,408 -709 11,139 6,693 +4,446 1976 6,773 7,441 -668 13,877 8,292 +5,585 1977 8,672 9,424 -752 16,917 10,279 +6,638 1978 9,704 11,510 -1,806 18,037 11,165 +6,872 1979 12,031 14,585 -2,554 18,933 13,680 +5,253 1980 13,285 14,446 -1,161 21,598 14,876 +6,722 1981 12,518 15,087 -2,569 22,400 15,040 +7,360 1982 13,718 18,059 -4,341 23,615 16,813 +6,802 Jan-Sept 1983 10,961 16,215 -5,254 18,487 14,901 +3,586 * present membership throughout
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of the European Economic Community's manufactured imports came from the United Kingdom in 1983; and what was the comparable percentage the year before the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherFigures are readily available for only the first six months of 1983 when 6.1 per cent. of the total imports of manufactures by the countries of the European Community came from the United Kingdom. The figure for the same countries in 1972 was 6.3 per cent.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish tables showing the six nations with which the United Kingdom had the largest positive balance in manufacturing trade in 1983 and the six nations with which the United Kingdom had the largest deficit in manufacturing trade in 1983; and if he will publish separate tables showing the comparable situation in 1972.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe available information is as follows:
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Largest balances in United Kingdom trade in manufactured goods (£ million) (a) Imports cif
(b) Exports fob
(c) Crude Balance (b minus a)
1972 Australia 71 288 +217 USA 829 1,012 +183 Irish Republic 172 338 +166 South Africa 136 288 +153 New Zealand 4 137 +132 Nigeria 13 137 +124 Federal Republic of Germany 776 468 -307 Japan 284 143 -141 Switzerland 344 228 -115 Hong Kong 181 88 -93 Italy 261 225 -36 Finland 152 121 -31 1983 (January-November) Saudi Arabia 220 1,145 +925 South Africa 230 888 +657 Nigeria 28 617 +589 Iran 8 512 +504 India 175 662 +487 Australia 281 746 +465
(a) Imports cif (b) Exports fob (c) Crude Balance (b minus a) Federal Republic of Germany 8,115 3,575 -4,540 Japan 3,012 546 -2,466 USA 5,510 4,408 -1,102 Italy 2,491 1,422 -1,069 France 3,651 2,661 -991 Switzerland 1,936 1,186 -750 Source: UK Overseas Trade Statistics.
Notes:
- (a) For maximum comparability, 1972 figures are on an SITC(R1) basis, but incorporating current (1981) adjustments in respect of precious stones; 1983 figures are on the current SITC(R2) basis. This does not remove all statistical inconsistency between the two years in question, but the remaining differences are believed to be minor.
- (b) Owing to rounding, columns (a) and (b) may not in all cases balance to column (c).