Terms of Trade (Hansard, 21 July 1982)

HC Deb 21 July 1982 vol 28 c153W 153W

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Minister for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the terms of trade for manufactures, finished manufactures and semi-manufactures at the latest available date and the corresponding figures for the fourth quarter of 1976, the 12 months ended in the second quarter of 1974 and the years 1970, 1960 and 1950.

§ Mr. Peter Rees
Data for 1950 and 1960 are not available. The remainder of the information requested is as follows:

Terms of Trade^* 1975 = 100: Overseas Trade Statistics Basis

Total manufactures Of which

Finished manufactures Semi-manufactures

SITC (Rev 2) 5-8 7+8 5+6

1970 98.7 100.0 96.9

12 months ending

Q2 1974 91.3 94.5 87.7

Q4 1976 96.1 95.6 96.4

May 1982 112.6 116.3 105.6

^* Export Unit Value index as a percentage of the Import Unit Value index.

Terms of Trade^* 1975 = 100: Overseas Trade Statistics Basis
	Total manufactures	Of which
		Finished manufactures	Semi-manufactures
SITC (Rev 2)	5-8	7+8	5+6
1970	98.7	100.0	96.9
12 months ending
Q2 1974	91.3	94.5	87.7
Q4 1976	96.1	95.6	96.4
May 1982	112.6	116.3	105.6
^* Export Unit Value index as a percentage of the Import Unit Value index.