§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for Trade if he will bring up to date the information on trade in consumer goods given in the reply of 31 July 1981, Official Report, c. 638, to the hon. Member for Grimsby.
§ Mr. SproatUpdated and revised information is as follows:
Current Weighted Indices (OTS Basis) 1982 Q4/1975 Exports Imports Product SITC(R2) Volume Price Volume Price Plastics 58 +44 + 68 + 137 + 74 Textiles 65 -16 + 80 + 56 + 69 Iron and Steel 67 -15 + 82 - 20 + 76 Mechanical Engineering 71–74 less 716 -15 + 135 + 33 + 84 Clothing 84 +66 +74 +40 +105 Footwear 85 -14 +132 +80 + 94 Consumer Goods 7+8 less SNA pt + 2 + 114 + 92 + 92 of which: Machinery 71–77 pt -43 + 99 + 119 + 27 Passenger Motor Cars 781 -21 + 175 + 124 + 150 Miscellaneous 8 pt +31 + 102 + 77 + 91 Intermediate Goods 7+8 less SNA pt + 5 + 126 + 88 + 66 of which: Machinery 71–77 pt + 5 + 137 + 77 + 60 Miscellaneous 8 pt +27 + 107 + 100 + 78 Capital Goods 7+8 less SNA pt - 7 + 118 + 82 + 83 of which: Machinery 71–77 pt - 8 + 108 + 78 + 74 Miscellaneous 8 pt +35 + 155 + 69 + 128 Finished Manufactures 7+8 + 1 + 123 + 74 + 81
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table
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Consumer Goods 1975 = 100 OTS Basis
Terms of Trade* Total Machinery Passenger Motor Cars Misc. SITC (R2) 7 & 8 less SNA (Pt) 71-77 (Pt) 781 8 (Pt) 1979 105 117 102 102 1980 112 132 106 110 1981 113 131 113 107 1982 115 140 113 109 * Export unit value index as a percentage of the import unit value index.
Consumer Goods 1975 = 100 OTS Basis
Relative Volume† Total Machinery Passenger Motor Cars Misc. SITC (R2) 7 & 8 less SNA (Pt) 71-77 (Pt) 781 8 (Pt) 1979 65 58 33 90 1980 68 57 39 88 1981 61 34 39 81 1982 56 29 31 78 * Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index. Future editions of the "Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics", available from the House Library, will contain additional data from which it will be possible to derive the information requested.