§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the percentage share of world trade held by, respectively, the United Kingdom, United States of America, France,
United Kingdom Per cent. United States Per cent. France Per cent. German Federal Republic Per cent. Italy Per cent. Japan Per cent. Sweden Per cent. 1954 … … … 20.2 25.3 9.1 14.9 3.2 4.7 2.7 1955 … … … 19.9 24.4 9.3 15.4 3.3 5.1 2.6 1956 … … … 19.4 25.2 7.8 16.3 3.5 5.6 2.7 1957 … … … 18.4 25.3 8.0 17.5 3.8 5.9 2.8 1958 … … … 18.3 23.2 8.6 18.5 4.1 6.0 3.0 1959 … … … 18.0 21.1 9.2 19.0 4.4 6.7 3.0 1960 … … … 16.5 21.6 9.6 19.3 5.1 6.9 3.1 1961 … … … 16.5 20.5 9.4 20.2 5.7 6.8 3.2 1962 … … … 15.5 21.9 9.0 19.5 5.8 7.2 3.3 1963 … … … 15.3 21.3 9.0 19.8 6.0 7.5 3.4 1964 … … … 14.2 21.5 8.7 19.4 6.3 8.2 3.4 1965 … … … 13.8 20.3 8.8 19.2 6.8 9.4 3.3 1966 … … … 13.2 20.2 8.6 19.4 6.9 9.7 3.3 1967 … … … 12.2 20.4 8.5 19.6 7.0 9.8 3.3 1968 … … … 11.3 20.2 8.2 19.5 7.3 10.6 3.2 1969 … … … 11.2 19.3 8.2 19.6 7.3 11.2 3.2 1970 … … … 10.6 18.6 8.8 19.9 7.2 11.7 3.4 1971 … … … 10.9 17.0 8.8 20.1 7.3 13.0 3.3 1972 … … … 10.1 16.2 9.3 20.3 7.6 13.2 3.3 Notes :
(1) The world's 12 main manufacturing countries include, in addition to those listed, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland.
(2) In the calculation of percentage shares, U.S.A. special category exports have been excluded both from the U.S.A. figure and from the total of manufactures exports of all 12 countries.