§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing imports and exports of manfactures less precious stones from the EEC and from the rest of the world on an overseas trade statistics basis for each year since 1970 and the current year to date.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information is as follows:
United Kingdom trade in manufactures* less precious stones† Exports (fob) Imports (cif) European Community Rest of World European Community Rest of World 1970 1,814 4,602 1,429 2,770 1971 1,988 8,302 1,694 2,850 1972 2,237 5,403 2,227 3,302 1973 2,972 6,473 3,353 4,699 1974 4,050 8,574 4,765 6,174 1975 4,649 10,632 5,246 6,491 1976 6,658 12,949 7,290 8,244 1977 8,546 15,865 9,320 9,919 1978 9,648 16,886 11,512 11,340 1979 11,817 17,339 14,659 13,140 1980 12,774 19,927 14,653 14,586 1981 12,268 21,092 15,300 15,250 1982 13,256 22,447 18,316 17,247 1983 14,393 23,531 22,392 20,427 1984‡ 6,759 10,677 10,767 9,735 * Standard International Trade Classification Sections 5 to 8. † Taken as Standard International Trade Classification, Division 66. ‡ January to May. Source:Overseas Trade Statistics.