HC Deb 09 May 1969 vol 783 c145W
Mr. James Davidson

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the percentage of total value at

PERCENTAGE SHARE OF U.K. TRADE
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Imports
Scheduled territories (Sterling Area) … … … 32.9 31.3 29.9 27.4 28.4
Canada … … … 8.0 8.0 7.1 7.1 6.5
Rhodesia … … … Not available 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0
E.E.C. … … … 16.5 17.3 18.6 19.6 19.8
E.F.T.A. … … … 13.1 13.6 14.1 14.6 14.7
U.S.A. … … … 11.4 11.7 12.1 12.5 13.3
Japan … … … … 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5
C.M.E.A.* … … … 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.7
South America† … … 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.2 3.6
Rest of the World … … 7.7 7.0 7.5 8.5 7.5
U.K. Exports
Scheduled territories (Sterling Area) … … … 34.7 34.7 31.4 30.4 28.4
Canada … … … 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2
Rhodesia … … … Not available 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
E.E.C. … … … 20.4 19.1 19.0 19.2 19.4
E.F.T.A. … … … 14.1 14.1 14.7 15.1 13.9
U.S.A. … … … 9.1 10.4 12.3 12.1 14.1
Japan … … … … 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.5
C.M.E.A.* … … … 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.7 4.7
South America† … … 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6
Rest of the World … … 10.3 9.8 10.6 10.5 11.2
* East Germany, U.S.S.R., Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, Yugoslavia, China, People's Republic of Mongolia, North Korea, North Vietnam, Cuba, Albania (associate member).
† Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentine Republic.