HC Deb 27 June 1978 vol 952 c477W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report the United Kingdom's share of world trade in manufactured goods for

PERCENTAGE SHARE OF MAIN MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES (1) EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS (2)
United Kingdom USA France West Germany Japan
1955 19.9 24.4 9.3 15.4 5.1
1956 19.4 25.2 7.8 16.4 5.6
1957 18.4 25.3 8.0 17.5 5.9
1958 18.3 23.2 8.6 18.5 6.0
1959 17.9 21.1 9.2 19.0 6.7
1960 16.5 21.6 9.6 19.3 6.9
1961 16.4 20.5 9.4 20.2 6.8
1962 15.9 20.3 9.2 19.9 7.4
1962 15.5 21.9 9.0 19.5 7.2
1963 15.3 21.3 9.0 19.8 7.5
1964 14.2 21.5 8.7 19.4 8.2
1965 13.8 20.3 8.8 19.2 9.4
1966 13.2 20.2 8.6 19.4 9.7
1967 12.2 20.4 8.5 19.6 9.8
1968 11.3 20.2 8.2 19.5 10.6
1969 11.2 19.3 8.2 19.6 11.2
1970 10.6 18.6 8.8 19.9 11.7
1971 10.9 17.0 8.8 20.1 13.0
1972 10.1 16.2 9.3 20.2 13.2
1973 9.4 16.0 9.6 22.1 12.7
1974 8.8 17.0 9.2 21.6 14.4
1975 9.3 17.7 10.2 20.3 13.6
1976 8.7 17.2 9.7 20.6 14.6
1977(4) 9.3 15.7 9.8 20.7 15.5

Notes:

(1) The main manufacturing countries are taken as the United Kingdom, West Germany, Belgium/ Luxembourg, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Canada and Japan.

(2) Manufactured goods are defined as SITC(R) 5 to 8.

(3) There is a discontinuity at 1962 as a result of a change in the coverage of US special category exports.

(4) Provisional.

Sources:

Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics Table C2.

OECD.

United Nations Monthly Bulletin.