§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the distribution of United Kingdom external trade, both exports and imports, for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, with the United States of America, Com- 215W monwealth, EEC, EFTA, USSR and Eastern Europe, China and the rest of the world.
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Exports* USA (including dependencies) … 10.6 12.4 12.3 14.2 12.4 Commonwealth … 26.2 23.8 22.4 21.1 20.4 EEC … 26.4 26.2 26.6 27.0 28.1 EFTA … 11.6 12.0 12.3 11.4 12.1 USSR and Eastern Europe … 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.1 China … 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 Rest of world … 22.3 22.1 22.4 22.2 23.2 Total … 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Imports* USA (including dependencies) … 11.7 12.2 12.6 13.5 13.6 Commonwealth … 28.6 26.2 24.0 22.2 22.1 EEC … 23.6 25.2 26.5 26.1 25.9 EFTA … 10.4 10.8 11.4 11.7 12.1 USSR and Eastern Europe … 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.0 China … 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 Rest of world … 21.4 21.0 21.1 22.3 21.8 Total … 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Exports* USA (including dependencies) … 11.7 11.9 12.5 12.2 10.7 Commonwealth … 19.7 20.6 18.5 16.6 16.4 EEC … 29.2 29.0 30.2 32.4 33.4 EFTA … 13.2 12.6 13.8 14.0 13.6 USSR and Eastern Europe … 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 China … 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.4 Rest of world … 22.4 22.8 21.9 21.5 22.9 Total … 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Imports* USA (including dependencies) … 13.0 11.2 10.6 10.2 9.8 Commonwealth … 22.8 21.0 19.0 17.1 14.2 EEC … 27.0 29.7 31.6 32.9 33.4 EFTA … 12.6 12.9 14.5 15.0 13.0 USSR and Eastern Europe … 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.4 2.9 China … 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Rest of world … 20.3 21.4 20.5 21.1 26.4 Total … 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 * These area definitions are based on the 1974 basis.