HC Deb 20 November 1973 vol 864 cc407-12W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the level of, respectively, imports and exports of manufactured goods as a percentage of gross domestic product at factor cost for each year since 1950 in the case, respectively, of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Japan, Sweden and each of the EEC countries.

Sir G. Howe

Following is the available information:—

UNITED KINGDOM
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 16.6 5.0
1951 17.5 6.0
1952 15.7 5.6
1953 14.2 4.3
1954 14.3 4.6
1955 14.4 5.8
1956 14.7 5.4
1957 14.6 5.3
1958 13.7 4.9
1959 13.8 5.3
1960 13.8 6.7
1961 13.5 6.3
1962 13.2 6.2
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1963 13.3 6.4
1964 13.0 7.5
1965 13.3 7.3
1966 13.5 7.6
1967 12.7 8.2
1968 14.8 10.3
1969 16.4 10.8
1970 16.0 10.7
1971 16.3 10.4
1972 15.5 11.4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 — —
1951 2.9 1.0
1952 3.0 1.1
1953 3.3 1.1
1954 3.0 1.0
1955 2.3 1.1
1956 2.5 1.2
1957 2.7 1.2
1958 2.4 1.2
1959 2.2 1.5
1960 2.4 1.4
1961 2.4 1.3
1962 2.3 1.4
1963 2.3 1.5
1964 2.6 1.6
1965 2.7 1.8
1966 2.7 2.1
1967 2.8 2.1
1968 2.9 2.6
1969 3.0 2.7
1970 3.2 2.9
1971 3.1 3.2
1972 3.1* 3.6*
* Provisional.
JAPAN
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 — —
1951 — —
1952 6.8 1.2
1953 — —
1954 7.0 1.6
1955 8.0 1.4
1956 8.8 2.1
1957 9.0 3.5
1958 8.6 2.2
1959 9.3 2.4
1960 9.1 2.5
1961 7.7 2.9
1962 8.0 2.7
1963 7.8 2.6
1964 8.1 2.7
1965 9.4 2.3
1966 9.5 2.2
1967 8.6 2.7
1968 9.0 2.6
1969 9.5 2.8
1970 9.8 3.0
1971 10.8 2.6
1972 — —
SWEDEN*
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 10.8 11.6
1951 12.8 14.5
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1952 11.1 12.8
1953 9.8 12.1
1954 10.5 13.4
1955 10.6 13.7
1956 11.5 13.7
1957 12.2 14.5
1958 12.3 14.2
1959 12.4 14.0
1960 12.7 14.8
1961 13.1 13.9
1962 13.6 14.1
1963 13.8 14.2
1964 14.2 14.7
1965 14.2 15.9
1966 14.6 15.0
1967 14.7 14.7
1968 15.2 15.0
1969 16.4 16.5
1970 17.8 17.5
1971 18.8 16.6
* Figures for Sweden since 1960 have been revised, and are not strictly comparable with earlier years.
BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 — —
1951 — —
1952 — —
1953 22.9 14.5
1954 22.7 14.9
1955 25.4 16.4
1956 27.9 18.2
1957 26.3 17.6
1958 25.2 16.9
1959 26.9 18.8
1960 28.9 21.1
1961 27.5 21.2
1962 29.3 22.7
1963 30.0 24.1
1964 31.6 25.1
1965 33.3 25.0
1966 33.6 27.7
1967 32.4 25.8
1968 35.1 27.9
1969 38.7 31.0
1970 40.7 31.9
1971 37.8 32.6
DENMARK
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 — —
1951 6.5 16.8
1952 6.2 15.3
1953 5.7 15.8
1954 6.2 17.0
1955 7.5 15.9
1956 8.1 16.8
1957 8.4 17.7
1958 9.1 17.3
1959 9.3 19.5
1960 10.2 21.1
1961 9.8 20.5
1962 9.6 20.7
1963 10.8 19.3
1964 10.9 21.4
1965 11.0 21.2
1966 10.8 20.9
1967 11.1 20.9
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1968 12.2 21.3
1969 13.2 23.1
1970 13.5 23.9
1971 13.4 21.9
FRANCE
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 8.0 3.0
1951 9.3 3.4
1952 7.3 2.9
1953 6.8 2.5
1954 7.0 2.6
1955 7.6 3.2
1956 6.5 3.5
1957 7.0 3.6
1958 7.3 3.4
1959 8.9 3.5
1960 9.7 4.6
1961 9.2 4.9
1962 8.5 5.4
1963 8.2 5.7
1964 8.2 6.3
1965 8.7 6.2
1966 8.7 7.0
1967 8.5 7.0
1968 8.5 7.6
1969 9.0 8.9
1970 10.6 9.3
1971 10.7 9.4
1972 — —
GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 7.2 2.6
1951 11.4 2.5
1952 12.0 2.9
1953 12.3 3.0
1954 13.8 3.8
1955 14.2 4.7
1956 15.5 4.7
1957 16.8 5.0
1958 16.3 5.7
1959 16.9 6.8
1960 16.3 7.2
1961 15.6 6.5
1962 15.1 6.7
1963 15.5 6.7
1964 15.7 7.3
1965 15.8 8.3
1966 16.8 8.4
1967 18.1 7.9
1968 18.8 8.9
1969 19.7 10.4
1970 18.5 10.5
1971 18.3 10.4
1972 18.3* 10.5*
* Provisional.
IRELAND
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 1.5 24.6
1951 2.2 28.8
1952 1.5 20.5
1953 1.7 19.7
1954 2.5 21.5
1955 2.9 22.2
1956 2.7 20.6
1957 3.6 18.8
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1958 3.6 20.9
1959 4.5 20.9
1960 5.1 21.5
1961 5.1 23.1
1962 5.3 23.5
1963 5.9 24.8
1964 6.8 26.1
1965 6.8 26.2
1966 7.7 25.4
1967 8.1 24.3
1968 9.8 28.1
1969 10.0 32.0
1970 11.0 32.0
1971 11.6 31.6
1972 13.5* 31.1*
* Provisional.
ITALY
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 — —
1951 7.4 3.2
1952 5.3 4.0
1953 4.8 4.2
1954 4.9 4.2
1955 5.3 4.1
1956 5.9 4.3
1957 6.5 4.5
1958 6.4 3.8
1959 7.1 4.2
1960 8.7 6.1
1961 9.2 6.8
1962 9.1 7.5
1963 8.8 8.1
1964 9.6 6.7
1965 10.8 5.6
1966 11.3 6.3
1967 11.3 6.8
1968 12.5 6.8
1969 13.2 8.1
1970 13.4 9.2
1971 13.7 8.4
1972 — —
NETHERLANDS
Exports Imports
Per cent. Per cent.
1950 13.9 22.3
1951 18.4 23.3
1952 18.7 19.1
1953 18.5 20.1
1954 18.3 21.7
1955 18.4 23.0
1956 17.7 24.8
1957 17.6 24.9
1958 18.9 21.7
1959 20.7 23.5
1960 20.7 25.3
1961 20.5 26.5
1962 20.3 26.0
1963 20.7 27.6
1964 21.6 27.8
1965 21.2 27.1
1966 21.4 27.6
1967 20.7 25.8
1968 21.6 26.4
1969 23.0 27.8
1970 23.6 30.6
1971 24.3 30.6
1972 25.7* 28.3*
* Provisional.

Sources:

GDP figures: OECD 'National Accounts' Year Books and "Economic Surveys" for each country.

Trade figures: OECD Series B and United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics.