§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for exports and imports and the trade balance for manufactured goods between the United Kingdom and
United Kingdom Overseas Trade in Manufactured Goods Analysed in Terms of Industries All Manufacturing Engineering Vehicles Total Mechanical engineering Instrument engineering Electrical engineering Vehicles Year £ million Italy Exports 1979 1,356 447 173 50 223 176 1980 1,774 533 225 63 245 272 Imports 1979 2,391 565 273 30 262 357 1980 2,213 545 278 31 236 310 Crude Balance 1979 -1,035 -118 -100 +20 -39 -181 1980 -439 -12 -53 +32 †9 -38 Ireland Exports 1979 2,327 485 283 33 168 216 1980 2,412 490 271 36 182 192 Imports 1979 1,301 229 81 27 121 70 1980 1,382 282 105 26 152 120 Crude Balance 1979 +1,026 +256 +202 +6 +47 +146 1980 +1,030 +208 +166 +10 +30 +72 Denmark Exports 1979 782 172 83 17 71 90 1980 742 180 73 19 89 72 Imports 1979 972 166 88 19 58 23 1980 1,007 161 85 17 60 35 Crude Balance 1979 -190 +6 -5 -2 +13 +67 1980 -265 +19 -12 +2 +29 +37 Greece Exports 1979 267 67 42 5 19 58 1980 215 61 41 5 15 34 Imports 1979 134 3 1 — 1 15 Crude Balance 1979 +133 +64 +41 +5 +18 +43 1980 +90 +57 +40 +4 +13 +20 France Exports 1979 2,587 768 338 116 314 387 1980 2,981 933 432 136 365 455 Imports 1979 3,600 744 323 69 352 915 1980 3,513 684 301 75 307 818 Crude Balance 1979 -1,013 +24 +15 +47 -38 -528 1980 -532 +249 +131 +61 +58 -363 Belgium and Luxembourg Exports 1979 1,661 299 166 27 106 30 1980 1,800 357 203 33 121 325 Imports 1979 1,958 324 192 23 109 344 1980 2,227 293 155 31 106 364 Crude Balance 1979 -297 -25 -26 +4 -3 +6 1980 -427 +64 +8 +2 +15 -39 Netherlands Exports 1979 2,394 526 226 92 208 234 1980 2,714 617 282 99 236 233 Imports 1979 2,774 522 213 109 200 155 1980 2,818 553 238 103 212 162 Crude Balance 1979 -380 +4 +13 -17 +8 +79 1980 -104 +64 +44 -4 +24 +71 Germany F.R. Exports 1979 3,155 920 350 133 438 546 1980 3,583 1050 413 159 478 677 Imports 1979 5,642 1,677 902 200 574 1,690 1980 5,544 1,604 839 204 561 1,383 Crude Balance 1979 -2,487 -757 -552 -67 -136 -1,144 1980 -1,961 -554 -426 -45 -83 -706 Notes
1. Imports are valued cif and exports fob as recorded in the editions of "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom" for 1979 and December 1980.
456Weach of the other European Economic Community countries for the last three full years, broken down as follows (a) mechanical engineering, (b) instrument engineering, (c) electrical engineering, (d) vehicles, (e) all engineering and (f) all manufacturing.
§ Mr. ParkinsonFor the latest two full years the information requested is given in the following table. Comparable data for 1978 are not readily available.
457W2. For the analysis shown in the table each heading in the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics has been reclassified to the industry or industries of which that commodity is a principal product, in contrast with the Standard International Trade Classification employed in the Overseas Trade Statistics itself.