§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the value and proportion of visible trade within the European Economic Community attributable to each member State during the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe information for 1979 is as follows:
manufacturing, electricity, gas and water and construction industries.
‡Source: National income and expenditure and United Kingdom balance of payments.
¶Imports are valued fob, not cif.
║Source: OECD, national accounts of OECD countries 1961–78, Vol. II.
Source: United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, March 1981.
§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the United Kingdom's share of visible exports to each member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in the latest year for which individual figures are available.
§ Mr. ParkinsonInformation, in terms of the United Kingdom's share of OECD countries' imports, is given in the table below. The figures relate to 1979, the latest year for which complete information is available.
United Kingdom's share of OECD countries' imports Percentages 1979 Australia 11 Austria 3 Belgium/Luxembourg 8 Canada 3 Denmark 12 Finland 8½ France 5½ Federal Republic of Germany 6 Greece 5½ Iceland 11 Irish Republic 50 Italy 4 Japan 1½ Netherlands 7½ New Zealandr j 15 Norway 14 Portugal 9 Spain 5 Sweden 12 Switzerland 7½ Turkey 4½ United States of America 4 Sources:
New Zealand: IMF-Direction of Trade.
All others: OECD statistics of foreign trade Series 'A' (March 1981).