Mr. Nicholas Wintertenasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the value of imports by the following categories, to gross national product at
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS* AS A PROPORTION OF GNP 1975† CONSTANT PRICES Percentage 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Food Beverages and Tobacco … 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.0 Basic Materials … … … … 2.8 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 Minerals Fuels and Lubricants … 4.6 4.9 4.1 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.1 Semi-Manufactured Goods … … 5.9 6.4 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.6 7.5 Finished Manufactured Goods … 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.3 8.3 8.6 10.5 *Volume dataderived by deflating balance of payments figures by appropriate price indices. †At factor cost.