§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the variations of invisible trade for Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA and the United Kingdom, for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer 14 October 1991]: The information is in the table. Data for 1974 were not readily available.
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1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Netherlands Credits n/a 6.3 7.9 7.9 8.9 11.2 12.7 17.9 17.5 17.6 22.9 16.9 20.2 19.9 21.2 27.5 n/a Debits n/a 5.5 6.8 7.1 8.4 10.2 12.0 17.2 16.7 16.4 21.3 17.2 21.4 19.5 22.0 26.3 n/a Total n/a 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.7 -0.3 -1.2 0.4 -0.7 1.1 n/a Sweden Credits n/a 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.4 3.7 5.4 5.4 5.5 7.1 5.7 6.6 6.3 7.1 9.8 n/a Debits n/a 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.0 6.6 6.7 6.9 9.0 7.7 9.1 8.6 10.3 14.2 n/a Total n/a -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -0.8 -0.3 -0.4 -1.2 -1.4 -1.4 -1.9 -2.0 -2.5 -2.3 -3.1 -4.5 n/a USA Credits n/a 24.1 33.4 33.4 38.4 46.0 49.5 85.8 87.2 93.4 130.8 107.4 114.3 104.6 116.4 148.0 n/a Debits n/a 17.1 22.2 21.9 26.4 31.3 34.9 60.0 63.3 71.0 112.8 90.3 95.6 88.5 108.0 136.1 n/a Total n/a 7.0 11.2 11.5 12.0 14.7 14.6 25.9 23.9 22.4 18.0 17.2 18.7 16.0 8.5 11.9 n/a United Kingdom Credits 13.3 15.0 19.2 21.3 24.9 33.3 41.0 57.1 65.2 65.6 77.2 80.0 77.3 79.9 88.0 108.5 117.4 Debits 11.3 13.3 16.0 19.0 22.2 30.4 39.6 53.6 62.4 60.3 70.1 73.8 67.5 72.5 81.9 104.3 113.1 Total 2.0 1.7 3.2 2.4 2.7 2.9 1.5 3.5 2.7 5.3 7.1 6.2 9.7 7.4 6.1 4.2 4.3 Source: United Nations Statistical Yearbook.
International Monetary Fund.
CSO Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics.