§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table for finished manufactures on the same basis as that provided for manufactures in his answer to the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Deakins) on 19 February, Official Report, column 750; and if he will provide similar figures of value and volume for trade with the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThose figures which are available follow. Estimates of volume of trade in finished manufactures by geographical area are not available.
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The volume of United Kingdom exports and imports of finished manufactures 1972=100 OTS basis, seasonally adjusted Export volume Import volume 1972 100.0 100.0 1979 129.0 203.5 1980 132.5 204.1 1981 127.3 210.6 1982 129.4 234.9 1983 123.7 266.5 1984 139.1 298.6 1985 150.6 315.9 1986 151.8 329.0
The value of United Kingdom trade with the European Community in finished manufactures £ thousand OTS basis, seasonally adjusted Exports Imports 1972 n.a. n.a. 1979 7,341,815 9,604,449 1980 8,422,634 9,237,230 1981 7,882,883 9,828,207 1982 8,635,642 12,035,897 1983 9,348,155 14,852,054 1984 11,078,535 16,916,328 1985 12,803,151 19,328,706 1986 14,084,555 21,958,747