HC Deb 19 March 1979 vol 964 cc460-3W
Mr. Maurice Macmillan

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list in the Official Report the balance of visible and invisible trade between Great Britain and each of the Warsaw Pact countries for 1960, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976 and 1978, and the percentage change in the real value of total visible and invisible trade between Great Britain and each of these countries between each of these years and the percentage change over the period.

Mr. Meacher

Estimates of invisible trade and of visible trade at constant prices with individual countries are not available. Following are the details of the crude balance of visible trade at current prices (exports valued fob minus imports valued cif).

and East German ships, respectively, (b) the percentage of imports in goods originating in Warsaw Pact countries, by volume and value, carried by British, Soviet, Polish and East German ships, respectively, (c) the percentage of British exports in goods, by volume and value, to non-Warsaw Pact countries carried by British,

Soviet, Polish and East German ships, respectively, and (d) the percentage of British imports of goods, by volume and value, from non-Warsaw Pact countries, carried by British, Soviet, Polish and East German ships, respectively.

Mr. Clinton Davis

Information in respect of 1960, 1965 and 1970 is not available. The figures for 1975 and 1978 are as follows:

(a)UK Seaborne Exports to Warsaw Pact Countries by Weight
Flag of carriage
1975
%
UK 20
USSR 27
Poland 20
East Germany 5
1978
%
UK 10
USSR 27
Poland 10
East Germany 5

UK Seaborne Exports to Warsaw Pact Countries by Value
Flag of Carrier
1975
%
UK 34
USSR 27
Poland 19
East Germany 7
1978
%
UK 28
USSR 36
Poland 14
East Germany 4

(b)UK Seaborne Imports from Warsaw Pact Countries by Weight
Flag of Carriage
1975
%
UK 22
USSR 40
Poland 9
East Germany 4
1978
%
UK 12
USSR 55
Poland 7
East Germany 2

UK Seaborne Imports from Warsaw Pact Countries by Value
Flag of Carriage
1975
%
UK 20
USSR 34
Poland 11
East Germany 9
1978
%
UK 18
USSR 39
Poland 9
East Germany 10

(c)UK Seaborne Exports to Non-Warsaw Pact Countries by Weigh:
Flag of Carriage
1975
%
UK 46
USSR X
Poland X
East Germany X
1978
%
UK 37
USSR 1
Poland, X
East Germany X

UK Seaborne Exports to Non-Warsaw Pact Countries by Value
Flag of Carrier
1975
%
UK 52
USSR X
Poland X
East Germany X
1978
%
UK 45
USSR 1
Poland X
East Germany X

(d) UK Seaborne Imports from Non-Warsaw Pact Countries by Weight
Flag of Carrier
1975
%
UK 31
USSR 1
Poland X
East Germany X
1978
%
UK 31
USSR 1
Poland X
East Germany X

UK Seaborne Imports from Non-Warsaw Pact Countries by Value
Flag of Carrier
1975
%
UK 40
USSR 1
Poland X
East Germany X
1978
%
UK 42
USSR 1
Poland X
East Germany X
X = less than 0–5%