Manufactured Trade

HC Deb 22 May 1992 vol 208 cc329-30W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the deficit or surplus in(a) manufactured trade and (b) invisibles with (i) Japan, (ii) the USA and (iii) Germany, of (1) the United Kingdom, (2) France and (3) (except for (iii)) Germany in each year since 1990.

Mr. Nedham

Information on the balance of trade in manufactured goods is contained in the table. Information on the bilateral balances for invisible trade is not available.

United Kingdom, France and Germany s crude balance1 of Trade in Manufactured Goods2 with Japan, USA and Germany 1980–91
	United Kingdom
Balance with:
	Japan	USA US$ Millions	Germany
1980	-2,758	-3,226	-4,623
1981	-3,322	-2,211	-4,292
1982	-3,581	-2,290	-5,826
1983	-4,024	-1,740	-7,475
1984	-3,906	-1,718	-6,809
1985	-4,130	-461	-7,420
1986	-5,739	1,577	-9,850
1987	-6,838	1,462	-12,237
1988	-8,762	-1,192	-15,428
1989	-8,258	-1,809	-15,770
1990	-7,702	-3,626	-13,607
1991	-8,359	-4,171	-6,938

	France
Balance with:
	Japan	USA US$ Millions	Germany
1980	-1,786	-3,592	-5,101
1981	-1,855	-2,475	-5,366
1982	-2,103	-2,303	-6,984
1983	-1,790	-1,461	-5,219
1984	-1,869	146	-4,494
1985	-1,979	482	-4,863
1986	-3,259	-451	-7,649
1987	-4,101	-228	-10,024
1988	-4,970	-1,231	-11,472
1989	-5,093	-2,570	-11,925
1990	-6,052	-5,255	-10,983
41991	-3,444	-5,780	-7,099

Germany
Balance with:
	Japan	USA
	US$ Millions
1980	-3,578	2,602
1981	-3,708	2,598
1982	-3,153	3,674
1983	-3,647	4,923
1984	-4,034	8,041
1985	-4,441	10,126
1986	-7,082	15,041

Germany
Balance with:
	Japan	USA
	US$ Millions
1987	-8,274	16,373
1988	-8,810	12,606
1989	-9,051	8,064
1990	-9,720	9,375
41991	-10,939	2,965
Notes:
1 Exports (fob) less imports (cif).
2 Standard International Trade Classification Sections 5–8.
3 Figures for 1991 include eastern Germany.
4 provisional.

Based on the reported trade of the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

Source: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics, EUROSTAT.