HC Deb 17 March 1980 vol 981 c35W
Mr. Hill

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of imported goods and services as a proportion of the United Kingdom's gross national product for each year between 1950 and the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Biffen

[pursuant to his reply, 14 March 1980]: The information is as follows:

Imported goods and services as a proportion of gross national product*
per cent.
1950 26.1 1965 22.0
1951 33.3 1966 21.7
1952 27.9 1967 22.3
1953 25.3 1968 24.8
1954 24.8 1969 24.8
1955 26.3 1970 25.3
1956 24.6 1971 24.4
1957 24.3 1972 24.7
1958 22.4 1973 29.1
1959 22.7 1974 36.3
1960 24.3 1975 30.8
1961 22.5 1976 33.2
1962 21.9 1977 34.1
1963 22.1 1978 32.0
1964 23.0
* at factor cost.