§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1970 and 1985 United Kingdom imports from and exports to the European Economic Community and to the rest of the world of, respectively, textiles, clothing, footwear, motor cars, buses and coaches, heavy goods vehicles, plastics, ships, steel and domestic electrical appliances.
§ Mr. Alan Clark[pursuant to his reply, 21 April 1986, c. 11]: Information which is readily available and which can be provided within acceptable cost limits is as follows:
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United Kingdom trade with the EC and the rest of the world: 1970 and 1985 Value: £ million Imports Exports 1970 1985 (January to December) 1970 1985 (January to December) Sitc Division EC Rest of world EC Rest of world EC Rest of world EC Rest of world 1-Textiies (26, 65) 115 326 2,006 1,689 140 353 958 1,171 2-Clothing (84) 34 95 759 1,335 37 86 555 617 3-Footwear (85) 17 24 359 313 5 30 90 69 4-Motor Cars (78 part) 69 17 3,028 1,137 77 253 398 944 5-Buses and Coaches (78 part) 0.8 0.3 31 6 0.7 5 3 17 6-Heavy goods vehicles (78 part) 4 10 500 226 24 114 115 224 7-Plastics (58) 57 54 1,359 406 40 103 638 693 8-Ships (79 part) 28 4 43 32 24 38 44 192 9-Iron and Steel (67) 67 155 1,190 526 74 275 774 1,083 10-Domestic electrical appliances (77) 21 7 534 280 19 28 96 82 Source:
United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
Notes:
(1) Numbers in parenthesis refer to the Divisions of the Standard International Trade Classification (Rev2) used for 1985 figures. Figures for 1970 are on a comparable basis.
(2) Imports are valued cif; exports are valued fob.