§ Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the manufacturing trade balance of the United Kingdom with the 10 members of the European Economic Community in 1985, stating value of exports, imports and the balance for each country, if possible on a balance of payments basis.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkStatistics of United Kingdom trade with individual countries are not available on a balance of payments basis. Figures on the overseas trade statistics basis are in the table.
For comparison, both OTS and BOP figures are given for United Kingdom trade with the European Community as a whole.
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United Kingdom trade in manufactures 1985 £ million. OTS basis Trade with Exports (FOB) Imports (CIF) Crude balance France 3,877 5,113 -1,236 Belgium/Luxembourg 2,552 3,070 -519 Netherlands 3,084 3,833 -749 Federal Republic of Germany 5,755 11,535 -5,780 Italy 2,284 3,675 -1,391 Irish Republic 2,227 1,679 +548 Denmark 806 828 -21 Greece 277 111 +166 European Community (sum of the above) OTS basis 20,863 29,844 -8,981 BOP basis 20,571 28,788 -8,218 Source: UK Overseas Trade Statistics Department of Trade and Industry.