§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the volume and value of chemical products produced and exported by the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the United States of America and Japan in 1952, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1978 and this year to date.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe volume of production of the chemicals industry—as measured by the index of production—for each of the countries specified was:
—except for the United Kingdom. This is given in table 2.
Kingdom and this is shown in table 3.
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The value of exports for the countries specified was: TABLE 4: VALUE OF CHEMICALS EXPORTED Year £million First half Country 1952 1960 1967 1972 1978 1979 United Kingdom … … … 150 320 490 950 4,210 2,270 Germany (Federal Republic) … .. 450 980 2,160 8,770 .. France … … … … .. 210 450 970 4,600 .. Italy … … … … .. 90 250 490 1,930 .. United States of America … … .. 610 1,020 1,650 6,570 .. Japan … … … … .. 60 250 710 2,620 .. Source: United Kingdom—Overseas trade statistics: Other countries—OECD Series 'C'. .. Not available.