HC Deb 01 July 1976 vol 914 c248W
Mr. Michael Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what percentage of British imports is currently transported by British ships;

(2) what percentage of British exports is currently transported by British ships.

Mr. Clinton Davis

The proportion of the United Kingdom's seaborne imports transported in British ships in 1975 was 40 per cent. by value. The corresponding figure for exports was 52 per cent.

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