§ Lord DRUMALBYNasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide a table showing the principal classes of goods exported to and imported from the European Community to the Association of South East Asian Nations by the European Community in the years 1977 and 1978 and the latest available period in 1979, together with the sterling values thereof.
§ Lord TREFGARNEFigures as are available for the main commodity groups for 1977 and 1978 are given in the tables below. Information for 1979 is not yet available in this same degree of detail.
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PRINCIPAL CLASSES OF TRADE BETWEEN THE EEC AND THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) A. Exports from EEC to ASEAN £ million SITC Description 1977 1978 5 Chemicals and related products 353 409 6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 275 342 7 Machinery and transport equipment 1,352 1,387 of which: 71 Power Generating machinery and equipment 137 72 Machinery specialised for particular industries 236 74 General Industrial machinery and equipment 193 77 Electrical machinery 269 78 Road vehicles 272 8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 119 146 TOTAL OF ABOVE 2,099 2,284 0–9 TOTAL EXPORTS 2,300 2,507
B. Imports into EEC from ASEAN £ million SITC Description 1977 1978 0 Food and live animals 657 751 2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 792 733 4 Animal and vegetable oils 218 237 6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 403 448 7 Machinery and transport equipment 244 278 8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 238 257 TOTAL OF ABOVE 2,552 2,704 0–9 TOTAL IMPORTS 2,705 2,876 Notes
Exports valued fob (that is free on board).
Imports valued cif (that is including cost of insurance and freight).
Figures for 1977 and 1978 may not be wholly comparable as a result of changes in the Standard International Trade Classification. For this reason, full details for 1977 are not readily available.
SourceOECD Trade Series C (The Total Export and Import figures from this source differ slightly from those given in Trade Series A).