§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing imports and exports from and to the EEC Six for the years 1962 to 1984 together with the trading surplus or deficit and the respective share of total United Kingdom imports and exports of manufactures;
(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1962 imports and exports of manufacturers from the present European Free Trade Association countries plus Denmark, the resultant surplus of deficit and the respective share of total United Kingdom imports and exports of manufactures.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information is in the tables. The data are on the "Overseas Trade Statistics" basis, that is, imports include freight and insurance costs, while exports do not.
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United Kingdom trade in manufactures* with European Free Trade Association† plus Denmark Overseas trade statistics basis £ million Exports Percentage of total Imports Percentage of total Crude balance 1962 424 13.0 216 14.7 +208 1963 442 12.9 243 15.5 +199 1964 502 13.9 318 15.8 +184 1965 554 13.5 343 15.2 +211 1966 612 13.9 396 16.0 +216
Exports Percentage of total Imports Percentage of total Crude balance 1967 638 14.5 500 17.6 +138 1968 729 13.5 648 17.2 +81 1969 911 14.6 731 17.7 +180 1970 1,078 15.8 946 20.7 +132 1971 1,160 15.1 1,077 21.9 +82 1972 1,231 15.3 1,321 22.1 -91 1973 1,506 15.0 1,902 21.9 -396 1974 1,910 14.4 2,364 20.2 -453 1975 2,177 13.6 2,481 19.9 -305 1976 2,779 13.5 2,978 18.1 -199 1977 3,566 13.8 3,601 17.5 -36 1978 3,322 11.9 4,450 18.3 -1,128 1979 3,852 12.5 5,104 17.2 -1,252 1980 4,698 13.5 4,954 15.9 -256 1981 3,912 11.2 4,727 14.8 -815 1982 3,988 10.7 5,239 14.1 -1,252 1983 4,454 11.1 6,353 14.1 -1,899 1984 5,123 11.0 7,584 14.3 -2,461 Notes: * Standard Internatinal Trade Classification Sections 5 to 8. † Current membership. Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics.
United Kingdom trade in manufactures* with European with European Community† Overseas trade statistics basis £ million Exports Percentage of total Imports Percentage of total Crude balance 1962 601 18.5 440 30.0 +161 1963 675 19.6 478 30.5 +197 1964 697 19.3 589 29.3 +108 1965 771 18.8 638 28.3 +133 1966 840 19.1 708 28.7 +132 1967 850 19.4 817 28.7 +33 1968 1,065 19.7 1,031 27.3 +34 1969 1,283 20.5 1,111 26.9 +171 1970 1,453 21.4 1,292 28.3 +162 1971 1,553 20.2 1,519 30.9 +34 1972 1,776 22.0 2,034 34.1 -258 1973 2,307 23.0 3,088 35.6 -781 1974 3,283 24.8 4,444 38.1 -1,161 1975 3,818 23.9 4,935 39.5 -1,117 1976 5,496 26.7 6,848 41.6 -1,352 1977 6,979 27.1 8,799 42.6 -1,820 1978 7,821 27.9 10,905 44.8 -3,084 1979 9,608 31.1 13,973 47.1 -4,365 1980 10,936 31.4 13,727 44.0 -2,792
Value £ million 1981 1982 1983 1984 (provisional) United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Soviet Union 427 408 645 356 730 445 854 735 German Democratic Republic 94 83 134 64 168 61 198 92 Poland 134 176 152 133 177 152 267 170 Czechoslovakia 71 71 82 70 101 69 117 78 Hungary 41 84 44 77 54 92 76 101 Romania 47 150 51 115 59 82 226 72 Bulgaria 13 34 21 46 12 45 17 56 Vietnam — 1 — 1 1 1 1 2 Mongolia 5 — 4 — 1 — 5 — Cuba 17 28 18 64 14 46 13 64 Source: Table 1B of the United Kingdom Trade Statistics
Notes:
(a) imports are valued cif, exports are valued fob
(b)— = nil or less than £0.5 million
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Exports Percentage of total Imports Percentage of total Crude balance 1981 10,419 29.9 14,233 44.5 -3,814 1982 11,394 30.5 17,060 46.0 -5,666 1983 12,481 31.1 20,967 46.7 -8,486 1984 15,043 32.2 24,007 45.4 -8,964 Notes: * Standard Internatinal Trade Classification Sections 5 to 8. † Original six members. Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics.