§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the most recent figures for 1983 in respect of United Kingdom imports and exports of manufactured goods in trade with the European Community and the rest of the world, respectively; and what were the comparable totals for each full year from 1963.
§ Mr. ChannonThe figures are as follows:
United Kingdom Trade in Manufactured Goods Overseas Trade Statistics Basis £ million European Community Rest of World Exports Imports Exports Imports 1963 880 535 2,558 1,032 1964 936 636 2,679 1,373 1965 1,029 714 3,066 1,539 1966 1,110 796 3,281 1,674 1967 1,135 929 3,251 1,915 1968 1,439 1,193 3,974 2,580 1969 1,749 1,292 4,507 2,846 1970 1,966 1,503 4,840 3,069 1971 2,107 1,777 5,574 3,133 1972 2,353 2,331 5,716 3,634 1973 3,075 3,491 6,937 5,192 1974 4,211 4,961 9,046 6,718 1975 4,842 5,483 11,158 7,056 1976 6,916 7,583 13,741 8,941 1977 8,830 9,740 16,935 10,897 1978 9,967 11,996 18,022 12,330 1979 12,219 15,299 18,651 14,390 1980 13,432 15,176 21,379 16,001 1981 12,778 15,771 22,120 16,222 1982 13,874 18,844 23,442 18,239 1983* 11,024 16,903 18,173 16,295 * January to September. These figures are on the overseas trade statistics basis, ie imports are valued inclusive of insurance and freight (cif) and exports are free on board viz excluding insurance and freight cost (fob). Information on the balance of payments basis on which both exports and imports are valued fob is not available throughout the period; for comparison, figures for 1980 to 1982 on this basis are:
United Kingdom Trade in Manufactured Goods Balance of payments basis £ million European Community Rest of World Exports Imports Exports Imports 1980 13,285 14,446 21,598 14,876 1981 12,518 15,087 22,400 15,040 1982 13,718 18,059 23,615 16,813