§
Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will bring up to date the figures published in the Official Report on 31 July 1981 in reply to a written question from the hon. Member for Grimsby concerning the terms of trade and relative volume.
§
Mr. Peter Rees
Information available is as follows:
63W
Terms of Trade* (Not Seasonally Adjusted) |
* Export Unit Value Index as a Percentage of the Import Unit Value Index |
1975=100 OTS Basis |
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|
Machinery and Transport Equipment |
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|
Miscellaneous Manufactures |
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Total |
Total excluding ships, NSI and aircraft |
Machinery |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Mechanical |
Electrical |
Road vehicles |
Total |
Clothing and footwear |
Scientific instruments and photographic apparatus |
SITC(R2) |
7 |
7 less SNA |
71–77 |
71–74 less 716 |
716,75–77 |
78 |
8 |
84+85 |
87+88 |
1981 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September |
120 |
122 |
125 |
120 |
129 |
113 |
108 |
97 |
113 |
October |
118 |
120 |
122 |
116 |
128 |
110 |
106 |
99 |
111 |
1978 (Revised) |
74 |
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|
Relative Volume† (Seasonally Adjusted) |
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|
|
|
1981 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September |
56 |
51 |
54 |
65 |
48 |
38 |
73 |
97 |
84 |
October |
71 |
65 |
65 |
76 |
60 |
61 |
83 |
99 |
90 |
† Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index. |
|
Consumer Goods |
Intermediate Goods |
Capital Goods |
|
Total |
Machinery |
Passenger motor cars |
Miscellaneous |
Total |
Machinery |
Miscellaneous |
Total |
Machinery |
Miscellaneous |
|
7+8 less SNA |
|
|
|
7+8 less SNA |
|
|
7+8 less SNA |
|
|
SITC (R2) |
PT |
71–77 PT |
781 |
8PT |
PT |
71–77 PT |
8 PT |
PT |
71–77 PT |
8 PT |
1981 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September |
118 |
126 |
135 |
104 |
128 |
138 |
113 |
115 |
112 |
112 |
October |
116 |
123 |
131 |
103 |
126 |
137 |
108 |
110 |
108 |
110 |
Relative Volume† (Seasonally Adjusted) |
1981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September |
56 |
34 |
35 |
74 |
56 |
59 |
61 |
55 |
54 |
87 |
October |
72 |
40 |
65 |
87 |
69 |
72 |
65 |
66 |
64 |
89 |
† Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index. |
64W65W
Terms of Trade* |
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) |
|
Office machines and ADP equipment |
Telecom and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment |
Other transport equipment |
SITC (R2) |
75 |
76 |
79 |
1981 |
|
|
|
September |
125 |
135 |
114 |
October |
120 |
138 |
114 |
Relative Volume (Seasonally Adjusted)† |
1981 |
|
|
|
September |
63 |
32 |
174 |
October |
91 |
33 |
184 |
* Export unit value index as a percentage of the import unit value index. |
† Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index. |