§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the figures showing particulars of production and trade in engineering goods in certain countries given in the reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 26 November 1979, Official Report, column 489.
§ Mr. Alan Clark[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1986, c. 619]: The readily available information is in the following tables.
Output at current prices1 Billions of national currency units 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 United Kingdom .. 17.0 18.0 17.2 18.2 .. Federal Republic of Germany .. .. 130.1 134.7 140.5 143.8 France .. .. 180.7 205.4 234.6 247.4 Italy .. 14,227 18,310 20,835 .. .. United States .. 178.1 190.1 211.4 .. .. Japan 14,885 17,309 19,980 .. .. .. 1 Group 382 of the International Standard Industrial Classification .. not readily available.
Source: OECD