HC Deb 24 January 1973 vol 849 c189W
Miss Quennell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table, from information available to him from international sources, showing the imports and exports of the member countries of the EEC expressed as a percentage of their gross national products, with similar figures for the United States for comparison.

Mr. Nott

For 1970, the latest year for which complete data are available, the following, derived from "International Financial Statistics" Volume XXVI No. 1 is the information:

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
Imports Exports
Belgium-Luxembourg … 42 44
Denmark … 32 29
France … 14 16
Western Germany … 20 22
Irish Republic … 44 37
Italy … 19 19
Netherlands … 49 48
United Kingdom … 22 22
United States … 6 5