§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the United Kingdom share of world exports of manufactures in terms of volume each quarter since May 1979 on the basis of (a) 1975 weights and (b) current weights; and if he will provide a comparison between the growth in the volume of United Kingdom imports and exports of finished manufactures.
§ Mr. SproatThe information is as follows:134W
United Kingdom share of volume of world*exports of manufactures†, per cent. Volume index of United Kingdom trade in finished manufactures‡ 1975=100 Current weighted 1975 weighted Imports Exports 1979 2nd quarter 8.7 10.3 167 114 3rd quarter 8.2 9.7 165 109 4th quarter 7.7 9.1 169 108 1980 1st quarter 8.0 9.4 175 113 2nd quarter 7.8 9.2 172 112 3rd quarter 7.9 9.4 157 109 4th quarter 7.2 8.6 155 108 1981 1st quarter 7.0 8.3 146 102 2nd quarter 6.7 7.9 166 102 3rd quarter 6.8 8.0 187 106 4th quarter 7.0 8.3 180 113 1982 1st quarter ║7.1 ║8.3 180 107 2nd quarter ║7.2 ║8.5 198 110 3rd quarter ║7.2 ║8.5 187 103 4th quarter ¶ ¶ 193 106 Notes: * Taken as the 12 main manufacturing countries. † Taken as standard international trade classification sections 5 to 8. ‡ Taken as standard international trade classification sections 7 and 8. ║ Estimates. ¶ Not available.