§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) Great Britain's share of overall world trade and (b) Great Britain's share of world trade in manufactured goods.
§ Mr. MeacherThe table is as follows:
UNITED KINGDOM PERCENTAGE SHARE World Exports* Main manufacturing countries exports of manufactures†‡ 1948 … 11.5 31.1 1949 … .. 28.9 1950 … .. 24.6 1951 … 8.7 21.7 1952 … 9.0 21.2 1953 … 8.7 20.7 1954 … 8.6 20.1 1955 … 8.6 19.9 1956 … 8.3 19.4 1957 … 8.4 18.4 1958 … 8.8 18.4 1959 … 8.3 18.0 1960 … 8.0 16.5 1961 … 7.9 16.5 1962 … 7.7 15.6 1963 … 7.9 15.3 1964 … 7.2 14.2 1965 … 7.1 13.8 1966 … 6.9 13.2 1967 … 6.7 12.2 1968 … 6.4 11.3 1969 … 6.4 11.2 1970 … 6.2 10.6 1971 … 6.4 10.9 1972 … 5.8 10.1 1973 … 5.3 9.4 1974 … 4.6 8.8 1975 … — 9.3(p) .. Not available. * Including centrally planned economies. † Main manufacturing countries—U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Belgium-Luxembourg, France, German Federal Republic, Italy Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. These countries accounted for 75 per cent, of world exports, including centrally planned economies, of manufactures in 1973. ‡ The removal of certain classes of goods from the United States "special category" list has given rise to discounting in the series between 1961 and 1962. Sources:
World exports: United Nations Statistical Yearbook.
Exports of manufactures: OECD 1954 to date. Earlier years United Nations Statistical Yearbook.