HC Deb 19 July 1983 vol 46 cc77-8W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each standard international trade classification division the United Kingdom balance of trade with (a) the European Community and (b) the rest of the world for the first four months of 1983.

Mr. Channon

The information is as follows:

United Kingdom Crude Balance of Trade
£ million
SITC/R2 Division European Community Rest of World
00 -15 +11
01 -108 -140
02 -90 -7
03 -15 -73
04 -5 +113
05 -188 -291
06 -21 -54
07 -40 -140
08 -80 -50
09 -33 +12
11 -35 +207
12 +23 +13

SITC/R2 Division European Community Rest of World
21 +44 -38
22 +5 -41
23 -4 -17
24 -10 -229
25 -2 -127
26 +8 -45
27 -6 -15
28 +48 -368
29 -45 -35
32 +33 -22
33 +2,054 +67
34 +68 -347
35 Nil trade Nil trade
41 -10 -9
42 -24 -28
43 -4 -4
51 +52 + 103
52 -1 +39
53 +7 +92
54 +22 + 168
55 +11 +73
56 -24 -13
57 -1 +3
58 -166 +59
59 -11 + 146
61 +4 -13
62 -5 +32
63 -33 -138
64 -82 -341
65 -236 -108
66 +33 -87
67 -85 + 120
68 -115 +31
69 -47 +136
71 -11 +270
72 -147 +340
73 -28 +61
74 -130 +291
75 -21 -278
76 -57 -213
77 -180 +39
78 -1,088 + 103
79 + 135 + 162
81 -23 + 14
82 -72 -2
83 -9 -26
84 -47 -247
85 -90 -69
87 -2 + 18
88 -33 -53
89 -62 -40
Section 9 +43 -116

Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.

Note: Crude balance=exports valued f.o.b. minus imports valued c.i.f.