Exports and Imports

HC Deb 23 January 1981 vol 997 c255W

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the proportion of (a) exports and (b) imports of goods and services in gross domestic product in 1945, 1959, 1960, 1970 and 1980.

Mr. Brittan

The available information is as follows:

	Percentage of gross domestic product at market prices
	Exports of goods and services	Imports of goods and services
1946	14.3	18.2
1959	20.2	20.3
1960	20.2	21.7
1970	22.6	21.8
1980 (January to September)	28.8	27.1

Comparable estimates of gross domestic product and exports and imports of goods and services are not available for 1945.