HC Deb 14 July 1980 vol 988 cc386-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will 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 16 16 13 19 16
1973 13 11 10 15 13
1978 4 12 13 11 14 11 10

Source: OECD Trade Series 'B'

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked 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 4 4 6
1973
1979 6 4 8
Percentages
Netherlands Ireland Denmark EFTA
1970 53 14 11
1973 5 51 11 9
1979 50 12 9

Source: OECD Series A and B.

Imports of Manufactures
Percentages
France Federal Republic of Germany Italy Belgium/Luxembourg
1970 6 7
1973 6 5
1979 7 7 11†
Percentages
Netherlands Ireland Denmark EFTA
1970 62 15 13
1973 56 11 10
1979 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.