Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state for the first nine months of 1960 and 1959, respectively, the number of cars exported to North America, the sterling area and
UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS OF NEW CARS (INCLUDING TAXIS, STATION WAGONS AND ESTATE CARS) ASSEMBLED AND UNASSEMBLED (Numbers) Jan.-Sept., 1959 Jan.-Sept., 1960 Large Medium Small Large Medium Small North America … … 6,807 175,619 32,528 6,728 126,639 59,663 Sterling Area … … 882 112,338 22,908 12,004 79,355 58,795 Rest of World … … 1,744 25,687 13,938 4,505 53,956 49,315 Total … … 9,433 313,644 69,374 23,237 259,950 167,773 Note:— All station wagons and estate cars are included in "Medium". Large cars—exceeding 2,800 c.c. Medium cars—exceeding 1,000 c.c. not exceeding 2,800 c.c. Small cars—not exceeding 1,000 c.c.