Imports and Exports (Hansard, 10 June 1976)

§ Mr. Meacher

gave the following information, which was also pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25th February 1976; Vol. 906, c. 210]:

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			Exports	Imports
			Total manufactures value^* Sections 5 to 8	Semi-manufactures	Industrial materials	Finished manufactures	Semi-manufactures	Total manufactures
			Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index
S.I.T.C.(R)	Sections 5 and 6	Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6	Sections 7 and 8	Sections 5 and 6	Sections 5 to 8
			£ million f.o.b.	£ million f.o.b.	1970 = 100	£ million f.o.b.	1970 = 100	£ million f.o.b.	1970 = 100	£ million c.i.f.	1970 = 100	£ million c.i.f.	1970 = 100
1949	…	…	1,541	782	—	—	869	—	—	759	—	—	332	—	—	432	—	—
1950	…	…	1,870	952	—	—	1,098	—	—	918	—	—	389	—	—	490	—	—
1951	…	…	2,258	1,186	—	—	1,386	—	—	1,072	—	—	692	—	—	811	—	—
1952	…	…	2,219	1,088	—	—	1,264	—	—	1,131	—	—	655	—	—	832	—	—
1953	…	…	2,164	1,064	—	—	1,216	—	—	1,100	—	—	509	—	—	703	—	—
1954	…	…	2,199	1,053	72	52	1,204	73	54	1,146	59	48	563	73	32	729	72	24
1955	…	…	2,421	1,158	73	57	1,330	74	59	1,263	60	52	764	80	41	970	77	30
1956	…	…	2,672	1,242	75	60	1,439	75	63	1,430	63	57	750	81	40	984	78	30
1957	…	…	2,814	1,294	76	62	1,481	77	63	1,520	65	58	744	73	41	1,012	73	31
1958	…	…	2,757	1,185	75	57	1,363	75	59	1,572	67	58	674	68	40	977	70	32
1959	…	…	2,922	1,264	73	62	1,446	74	64	1,658	68	60	750	69	44	1,127	71	36
1960	…	…	3,105	1,324	74	64	1,518	75	66	1,781	70	63	1,005	71	57	1,522	74	49
1961	…	…	3,258	1,363	74	65	1,570	74	68	1,894	71	64	975	71	55	1,531	73	47
1962	…	…	3,336	1,386	74	66	1,596	75	68	1,950	72	65	955	70	55	1,556	72	49
1963	…	…	3,568	1,438	75	68	1,656	76	70	2,130	74	69	1,050	71	61	1,702	73	52
1964	…	…	3,773	1,580	77	73	1,784	78	74	2,193	75	71	1,324	72	73	2,161	75	63
1965	…	…	4,095	1,696	80	76	1,894	81	77	2,399	78	76	1,370	76	72	2,253	77	64
1966	…	…	4,390	1,768	83	77	1,974	83	78	2,623	81	79	1,479	79	74	2,471	79	67
1967	…	…	4,386	1,790	83	78	1,982	83	79	2,595	84	76	1,599	79	79	2,844	80	76
1968	…	…	5,413	2,218	90	89	2,450	90	90	3,195	91	87	2,119	91	92	3,772	92	89
1969	…	…	6,256	2,564	93	99	2,814	93	99	3,692	93	99	2,302	96	94	4,137	95	94
1970	…	…	6,806	2,774	100	100	3,047	100	100	4,032	100	100	2,500	100	100	4,572	100	100
1971	…	…	7,825	3,116	102	111	3,395	102	110	4,708	108	110	2,572	98	106	5,003	101	110
1972	…	…	8,257	3,316	104	116	3,638	105	115	4,941	116	110	2,963	100	119	6,093	105	131
1973	…	…	10,455	4,531	120	137	4,965	122	135	5,924	126	122	4,276	126	137	8,908	127	159
1974	…	…	13,685	6,146	163	141	6,722	165	139	7,538	150	130	6,373	180	148	11,928	167	166

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			Exports	Imports
		Total manufactures value^* Sections 5 to 8	Semi-manufactures	Industrial materials	Finished manufactures	Semi-manufactures	Total manufactures
		Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index	Value	Unit value index	Volume index
S.I.T.C.(R)	Sections 5 and 6	Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6	Sections 7 and 8	Sections 5 and 6	Sections 5 to 8
		£ million f.o.b.	£ million f.o.b.	1970 = 100	£ million f.o.b.	1970 = 100	£ million f.o.b.	1970 = 100	£ million c.i.f.	1970 = 100	£ million c.i.f.	1970 = 100
Seasonally adjusted†
1975—
1st quarter	…	3,905	1,591	186	128	1,727	186	126	2,333	174	138	1,547	191	134	3,085	183	157
2nd quarter	…	3,963	1,538	192	120	1,673	192	119	2,442	184	135	1,446	190	128	2,970	188	149
3rd quarter	…	4,079	1,517	196	115	1,651	196	114	2,555	197	134	1,522	192	131	3,358	194	158
4th quarter	…	4,518	1,802	202	131	1,958	202	130	2,686	207	133	1,635	197	137	3,392	201	157

Note: Value figures prior to 1949, and index numbers prior to 1954, are not available on a complete basis.

^* Revised.

† Value and volume indices only are adjusted.

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