§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will 387W publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the European Free Trade Area countries the United Kingdom percentage of imports of manufactures in 1970, 1973 and 1979.
UNITED KINGDOM PERCENTAGE SHARE OF IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS INTO COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AREA (EFTA) Austria Finland Iceland Norway Portugal Sweden Switzerland 1970 … … … 8½ 16 16 13 19 16 9½ 1973 … … … 6½ 13 11 10 15 13 7½ 1978 … … … 4 12 13 11 14 11 10 Source: OECD Trade Series 'B'
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, the European Free Trade Area countries, the Republic of Ireland
UNITED KINGDOM PERCENTAGE SHARE OF TOTAL IMPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS INTO VARIOUS MARKETS TOTAL IMPORTS Percentages France Federal Republic of Germany Italy Belgium/ Luxembourg 1970 … … … … … 4½ 4 4 6 1973 … … … … … 4½ 3½ 3½ 6½ 1979 … … … … … 5½ 6 4 8 Percentages Netherlands Ireland Denmark EFTA 1970 … … … … … 5½ 53 14 11 1973 … … … … … 5 51 11 9 1979 … … … … … 7½ 50 12 9 Source: OECD Series A and B.
Imports of Manufactures Percentages France Federal Republic of Germany Italy Belgium/Luxembourg 1970 … … … … … 6 5½ 6½ 7 1973 … … … … … 6 5 5½ 8½ 1979 … … … … … 7 6½ 7 11† Percentages Netherlands Ireland Denmark EFTA 1970 … … … … … 7½ 62 15 13 1973 … … … … … 6½ 56 11 10 1979 … … … … … 8½ 52* 11* 9½ ‡ * Estimate. † 1978: latest consistent figure available. ‡ 1978: latest figure readily available. Sources: OECD Trade Series B and Eurostat Supplement to the External Trade Bulletin.