HC Deb 01 February 1988 vol 126 cc456-7W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what are the latest figures for the annual value of exports, excluding oil, on(a) a per capita basis, and (b) as a percentage of gross national product; and what information he has as to comparable figures for other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries;

(2) what are the latest figures for the annual value of exports, including oil, on (a) a per capita basis, and (b) as a percentage of gross national product; and what information he has as to comparable figures for other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries;

(3) what are the latest figures for the annual value of imports, excluding oil, on (a) a per capita basis, and (b) as a percentage of gross national product; and what information he has as to comparable figures for other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries;

(4) what are the latest figures for the annual value of imports, including oil, on (a) a per capita basis, and (b) as a percentage of gross national product; and what information he has as to comparable figures for other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is in the following table:

Exports Imports Exports Imports
Total Total excluding oil Total Total excluding oil Total Total excluding oil Total Total excluding oil
Per capita US $ As percentage of GDP
Canada 3,282 3,137 3,109 2,991 23.4 22.3 22.2 21.3
USA 847 832 1,578 1,427 4.9 4.8 9.2 8.3
Japan 1,722 1,718 983 782 10.7 10.7 6.1 4.9
Australia 1,345 1,281 1,579 1,506 12.9 12.3 15.2 14.5
New Zealand 1,738 1,728 1,870 1,708 22.0 21.9 23.7 21.6
Austria 2,976 2,959 3,548 3,379 23.9 23.7 28.5 27.1
Belgium/Luxembourg 6,718 6,419 6,657 6,177 51.1 48.8 50.6 47.0
Denmark 4,030 3,931 4,449 4,159 25.1 24.5 27.7 25.9
Finland 3,319 3,241 3,116 2,764 23.1 22.6 21.7 19.3
France 2,150 2,114 2,309 2,106 16.7 16.5 18.0 16.4
Germany 3,969 3,940 3,102 2,848 27.1 26.9 21.2 19.4
Greece 567 530 1,135 950 14.2 13.3 28.4 23.8
Ireland 3,550 3,530 3,257 3,048 51.2 50.9 47.0 44.0
Italy 1,709 1,663 1,744 1,534 16.3 15.8 16.6 14.6
Netherland 5,525 4,973 5,182 4,656 46.4 41.7 43.5 39.1
Norway 4,373 3,359 4,869 4,663 26.6 20.4 29.6 28.4
Portugal 704 681 924 799 24.8 23.9 32.5 28.1
Spain 707 663 919 756 11.9 11.2 15.5 12.8
Sweden 4,435 4,325 3,883 3,507 28.2 27.5 24.7 22.3
Switzerland 5,720 5,711 6,268 5,935 28.0 28.0 30.7 29.1
Turkey 146 143 216 178 13.0 12.6 19.2 15.8
1 Figures based on 1986 population.

ֵNot available.

Export valued fob; imports cif.

Sources: OECD Except UK 1987: OTS.