§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will publish a table in the Official Report showing standard international trade classification division 6 imports and exports by volume and unit value for each year since 1975 excluding precious stones, coins and precious metals, together with corresponding figures, for each quarter of 1979 and for January.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe available information is given in the table below. As index numbers are not compiled separately for precious metals, figures are given excluding non-ferrous metals as a whole. Coins are not classified to section 6.
ponding figures would be for the terms of trade.
§ Mr. ParkinsonIndex numbers are not compiled separately for precious metals. The table below gives figures for manu- 85W factures excluding precious stones and non-ferrous metals.
UNIT VALUE INDICES FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS (SECTIONS 5-8) EXCLUDING PRECIOUS STONES (667) AND NON-FERROUS METALS (DIVISION 68*) O.T.S. basis 1975=100 Exports Imports Terms of trade† 1975 100 100 100 1976 119 122 98 1977 141 141 100 1978 156 151 103 1979 169 159 106
FINISHED MANUFACTURES (SECTIONS 7 AND 8) EXCLUDING ROAD VEHICLES (DIVISION 78) Seasonally adjusted O.T.S. basis 1975=100 Exports Imports Unit Value Index* Volume Index Unit Value Index* Volume Index 1975 100 100 100 100 1976 121 104 125 107 1977 144 111 142 118 1978 162 110 152 135 1979 175 110 155 156 1979—First quarter 172 96 157 138 Second quarter 173 116 154 158 Third quarter 176 114 153 162 Fourth quarter 178 116 158 166 1980—January 182 112 161 166 * Not seasonally adjusted.