HC Deb 19 July 1978 vol 954 cc270-3W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report, from official sources available to him, a table showing for the EEC as a whole, for each present member State of the EEC, the United States of America and Japan in (a) each year since 1970, and (b) each quarter since 1974, the percentage increase or decrease, after seasonal adjustment when appropriate, over the previous year or corresponding quarter in the previous year in all industrial production and manufacturing production only.

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT*: PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
West Geimany … +1.5 +4.1 +7.1 -1.1 -6.2 +7.4 +3.1
France† … … +6.4 +5.5 +6.7 +2.5 -7.2 +8.6 +1.2
Italy … … … -0.5 +4.9 +9.7 +3.9 -8.9 +11.6 -0.2
Netherlands … … +6.0 +4.7 +7.2 +3.4 -4.9 +6.8 +1.4
Belgium … … +1.7 +7.5 +6.2 +4.0 -9.8 +7.7 -0.1
Luxembourg … … -1.3 +4.2 +12.0 +3.5 -21.9 +6.3 +0.4
United Kingdom … -0.2 +2.3 +8.1 -1.7 -5.0 +1.2 +1.3
Ireland … … +3.7 +4.2 +9.9 +2.9 -6.1 +7.9 +8.1
Denmark … … +2.4 +4.4 +3.4 -1.1 -5.7 +11.3 +0.3
Total EEC … … +2.3 +4.4 +7.4 +0.5 -6.7 +7.3 +1.7
USA‡ … … … .. .. .. .. .. .. +5.8
Japan‡ … … .. .. .. .. .. .. +4.8

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT*: PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER CORRESPONDING QUARER OF PREVIOUS YEAR—SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
1974 1975
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
West Germany … +2.1 +1.1 -1.4 -6.2 -7.3 -11.2 -8.0 -2.0
France† … … +5.7 +5.1 +4.4 -2.9 -9.0 -10.5 -10.3 -2.6
Italy … … +17.6 +8.8 +2.2 -7.5 -10.3 -15.0 -12.5 -2.4
Netherlands … +5.8 +4.9 +3.4 -0.3 -3.8 -7.2 -8.7 -0.3
Belgium … … +6.4 +6.6 +3.5 -0.6 -7.6 -13.7 -11.8 -8.3
Luxembourg … +8.7 +7.0 +4.9 -5.0 -16.6 -23.8 -30.9 -20.3
United Kingdom … -3.8 -0.4 -1.3 -3.6 +1.8 -7.0 -8.3 -6.1
Ireland … … +6.2 +3.9 +2.3 -0.4 -8.5 -8.3 -7.5 -4.0
Denmark … … +6.2 +3.9 +2.3 -0.4 -15.1 -8.9 -3.0 +4.9
Total EEC … … +4.1 +3.4 +0.6 -4.3 -6.4 -10.7 -9.6 -3.1
USA‡ … … .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Japan! … … .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

1976 1977
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
West Germany … +3.9 +10.2 +10.2 +7.5 +6.5 +3.9 +2.2 +2.3
France† … … +6.6 +9.2 +11.0 -8.4 +5.9 +2.2 +1.2 -1.9
Italy … … +3.8 +14.1 +15.2 +17.8 +14.4 +2.7 -1.1 -9.9
Netherlands … +4.2 +9.4 +13.6 +7.0 +5.2 +4.5 -0.5 -2.2
Belgium … … -0.5 +10.5 +11.4 +11.2 +6.1 +1.3 -1.0 -2.8
Luxembourg … -8.7 +11.0 +18.9 +8.6 +7.2 +1.9 +0.6 +0.3
United Kingdom … -5.0 +1.9 +3.1 +4.2 +4.9 +2.5 +2.6 -0.9
Ireland … … +3.8 +6.9 +12.4 +11.4 +8.0 +9.6 +6.3 +9.3
Denmark … … +11.7 +13.3 +11.3 +5.3 +3.5 -3.5 +0.6 -0.2
Total EEC … … +2.7 +9.1 +10.4 +8.8 +7.3 +3.0 +1.2 -1.8
USA‡ … … .. .. .. .. +7.1 +7.3 +6.9 +6.5
Japan‡ … … .. .. .. .. +11.9 +5.9 +2.8 +3.8
Sources:
EEC countries:
SOEC Industrial Short.term Trends, Supplement No. 1, 1978 "The Index of Industrial Production in the European Community".
USA and Japan:
SOEC Monthly General Statistics Bulletin, No. 2, 1978.
.. Not available.
* Index of Production for all industries excluding construction.
† Excluding the food and drink industries, clothing industries, timber and wooden furniture industry, mechanical engineering and aircraft building.
‡ Data for the USA and Japan for periods other than those shown are not available from these sources.

Mr. Denzil Davies

International comparisons are derived from data assembled by international organisations and various sources are available. The source chosen for any particular comparison is that which permits the best match of variables, countries and time scales to those requested. Information derived from the publications of the Statistical Office of the European Communities is given below:

MANUFACTURING OUTPUT: PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR
1976 1977
West Germany … … … … … +7.4 +3.3
France* … … … … … … +10.9 +1.2
Italy … … … … … … … +11.8 -0.2
Netherlands … … … … … … +8.0 +1.6
Belgium … … … … … … +7.6 -1.0.3
Luxembourg … … … … … … +6.7 +1.1
United Kingdom … … … … … +0.9 +0.5
Ireland … … … … … … .. +7.6
Total EEC … … … … … … +7.7 +1.7
Source: SOEC Industrial Short-term Trends, 1978, No. 6†.
.. Not available.
* Excluding the food and drink industries, clothing industries, timber and wooden furniture industry, mechanical engineering and aircraft building.
† Data for Denmark, USA and Japan are not available from this source.