§ Mr. Pounderasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will publish a table showing the division of exports as between capital and consumer goods during each of the last three years ended on 31st March, 1965, or the last convenient date;
(2) if he will publish a table showing the division of imports as between capital and consumer goods during each of the last three years ended on 31st March, 1965, or the last convenient date.
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§ Mr. RedheadThe following is the information:
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF FINISHED MANUFACTURES* — Imports (£ million c.i.f.) Exports (£ million f.o.b.) Year ended March Year ended March 1963 1964 1965 1963 1964 1965 Consumer goods† … 186.6 240.2 265.1 447.0 507.8 528.6 Other, mainly capital goods‡ … 420.7 463.5 562.5 1,518.9 1,616.5 1,606.3 Total finished manufactures … 607.3 703.8 827.6 1,965.9 2,124.5 2,134.8 * Sections 7 and 8 of the Standard International Trade Classification (Revised). The allocation of finished manufactures between consumer goods and capital goods involves some assumptions where the products may be either capital or consumer goods, e.g. passenger cars. The scope of the two classes, which are to some extent arbitrary, is indicated below. † Includes cars and motor cycles, works of art, clothing and footwear and other headings covering mainly consumer goods. ‡ Includes machinery, road vehicles other than cars and motor cycles, aircraft, rail vehicles, ships and boats, instruments and other headings covering mainly capital goods.