HC Deb 02 July 1973 vol 859 cc12-9W
Mr. Carter

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a quarterly breakdown for the past 10 years of the principal categories making up the import bill in both percentage and value terms.

Sir G. Howe

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 26th June 1973], gave the following information:

SITC (R) 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Section Number £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total
0 Food and live animals
1st quarter … 371 31 437 31 390 28 411 27 419 26 465 23
2nd quarter … 387 31 411 28 400 27 398 27 421 26 422 22
3rd quarter … 373 30 384 28 378 26 386 26 373 24 390 20
4th quarter … 394 30 390 27 402 27 377 27 395 23 431 21
1 Beverages and tobacco
1st quarter … 19 2 26 2 18 1 29 2 29 2 46 2
2nd quarter … 31 2 28 2 28 2 26 2 37 2 41 2
3rd quarter … 48 4 43 3 44 3 36 2 36 2 50 3
4th quarter … 53 4 51 4 46 3 48 3 51 3 56 3
2 Crude materials, inedible
1st quarter … 220 18 265 19 259 19 255 16 233 14 271 14
2nd quarter … 220 18 266 18 264 18 242 16 236 15 286 15
3rd quarter … 244 20 259 19 266 19 266 18 239 16 295 15
4th quarter … 262 20 275 19 256 17 235 17 242 14 288 14
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants etc.
1st quarter … 147 12 145 10 165 12 164 11 177 11 221 11
2nd quarter … 148 12 152 11 156 11 156 10 156 10 237 12
3rd quarter … 136 11 141 10 144 10 155 10 180 12 220 11
4th quarter … 126 10 145 10 145 10 149 11 216 13 223 11
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats
1st quarter … 11 1 10 1 17 1 17 1 15 1 14 1
2nd quarter … 10 1 16 1 16 1 15 1 16 1 18 1
3rd quarter … 12 1 12 1 17 1 17 1 18 1 19 1
4th quarter … 11 1 15 1 15 1 14 1 14 1 17 1
5 Chemicals
1st quarter … 48 4 62 4 62 4 79 5 83 5 105 5
2nd quarter … 50 4 63 4 73 5 77 5 84 5 101 5
3rd quarter … 52 4 63 5 75 5 71 5 79 5 106 5
4th quarter … 56 4 64 4 72 5 67 5 82 5 103 5
6 Manufactured goods
1st quarter … 203 17 256 18 264 19 304 20 329 20 438 22
2nd quarter … 209 17 273 19 278 19 307 21 325 20 417 22
3rd quarter … 208 17 265 19 263 18 306 20 288 19 429 22
4th quarter … 225 17 278 19 282 19 268 19 328 20 419 21
7 Machinery and transport equipment
1st quarter … 98 8 136 10 131 9 181 12 206 13 278 14
2nd quarter … 106 9 142 10 158 11 195 12 235 15 276 14
3rd quarter … 96 8 128 9 154 11 166 11 199 13 295 15
4th quarter … 106 8 138 10 162 11 159 11 228 14 339 17
SITC (R) 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Section Number £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
1st quarter … … … 59 5 72 5 66 5 78 5 89 6 119 6
2nd quarter … … … 60 5 79 5 70 5 80 5 93 6 113 6
3rd quarter … … … 62 5 74 5 71 5 79 5 92 6 117 6
4th quarter … … … 66 5 68 5 70 5 74 5 102 6 115 6
9 Commodities not classified according to kind
1st quarter … … … 14 1 16 1 22 2 28 2 30 2 37 2
2nd quarter … … … 14 1 13 1 17 1 18 1 16 1 27 1
3rd quarter … … … 15 1 15 1 17 1 17 1 20 1 26 1
4th quarter … … … 15 1 18 1 16 1 19 1 24 1 26 1
0–9 Total
1st quarter … … … 1, 189 100 1, 426 100 1, 395 100 1, 545 100 1, 610 100 1, 994 100
2nd quarter … … … 1, 236 100 1, 445 100 1, 461 100 1, 495 100 1, 621 100 1, 939 100
3rd quarter … … … 1, 245 100 1, 384 100 1, 428 100 1,500 100 1, 524 100 1, 948 100
4th quarter … … … 1, 314 100 1, 442 100 1, 467 100 1, 410 100 1, 682 100 2, 016 100
SITC (R) 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Section Number £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total
0 Food and live animals
1st quarter … … … … 467 23 472 22 514 21 539 20 671 19
2nd quarter … … … … 447 21 478 20 506 20 534 20
3rd quarter … … … … 404 20 436 20 462 20 470 18
4th quarter … … … … 427 20 472 20 485 19 561 18
1 Beverages and tobacco
1st quarter … … … … 25 1 32 1 44 2 60 2 74 2
2nd quarter … … … … 48 2 40 2 56 2 54 2
3rd quarter … … … … 46 2 50 2 49 2 54 2
4th quarter … … … … 65 3 68 3 60 2 87 3
2 Crude materials, inedible
1st quarter … … … … 289 14 290 14 290 12 279 10 412 12
2nd quarter … … … … 292 14 330 14 286 12 302 11
3rd quarter … … … … 302 15 304 14 300 13 285 11
4th quarter … … … … 296 14 337 14 285 11 370 12
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants etc.
1st quarter … … … … 248 12 225 11 320 13 339 12 360 10
2nd quarter … … … … 225 11 230 10 324 13 305 11
3rd quarter … … … … 208 10 235 11 288 12 281 11
4th quarter … … … … 225 11 255 11 315 12 319 10
SITC (R) 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Section Number £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total £ million % of Total
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats
1st quarter … … 18 1 25 1 28 1 24 1 23 1
2nd quarter … … 17 1 27 1 29 1 23 1
3rd quarter … … 18 1 25 1 27 1 21 1
4th quarter … … 21 1 24 1 26 1 22 1
5 Chemicals
1st quarter … … 111 5 130 6 148 6 163 6 201 6
2nd quarter … … 120 6 136 6 144 6 163 6
3rd quarter … … 116 6 133 6 139 6 148 6
4th quarter … … 118 6 144 6 138 5 177 6
6 Manufactured goods
1st quarter … … 449 22 474 22 467 19 541 20 747 21
2nd quarter … … 452 21 530 23 506 20 564 21
3rd quarter … … 470 23 464 22 499 21 540 21
4th quarter … … 467 22 490 21 532 21 675 21
7 Machinery and transport equipment
1st quarter … … 307 15 332 15 435 18 537 20 758 21
2nd quarter … … 370 17 413 18 429 17 540 20
3rd quarter … … 311 15 349 16 402 17 507 20
4th quarter … … 332 16 404 17 465 18 653 21
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
1st quarter … … 119 6 132 6 161 7 198 7 283 8
2nd quarter … … 128 6 147 6 179 7 212 8
3rd quarter … … 134 7 140 7 176 7 217 9
4th quarter … … 133 6 155 7 185 7 265 8
9 Commodities not classified according to kind
1st quarter … … 29 1 34 2 28 1 35 1 39 1
2nd quarter … … 19 1 25 1 29 1 35 1
3rd quarter … … 20 1 22 1 27 1 26 1
4th quarter … … 20 1 29 1 40 2 28 1
0–9 Total
1st quarter … … 2, 062 100 2, 146 100 2, 434 100 2, 717 100 3, 569 100
2nd quarter … … 2, 118 100 2, 355 100 2, 488 100 2, 732 100
3rd quarter … … 2, 030 100 2, 158 100 2, 370 100 2, 550 100
4th quarter … … 2, 105 100 2, 377 100 2, 529 100 3, 156 100
NOTE: Figures do not necessarily add to the total because of rounding.