Finished Manufactures

HC Deb 27 February 1984 vol 55 cc7-8W

Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each quarter of 1983 and the first half of 1979 the terms of trade and relative volume for trade in finished manufactures.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The information is as follows:

Relative volume and terms of trade of finished manufactures (SITC R2 7 &8)
Overseas Trade Statistics basis 1980=100
	Relative volume*	Terms of trade†
H1 1979	98.3	92.5
Q1 1979	96.5	90.3
Q2 1979	99.7	94.7
1983	73.5	98.9
Q1 1983	72.8	97.3

	Relative volume*	Terms of trade†
Q2 1983	73.3	97.6
Q3 1983	72.2	100.3
Q4 1983	75.7	100.2
* Export volume index as a percentage of the import volume index, seasonally adjusted.
† Export unit value index as a percentage of the import unit value index, not seasonally adjusted.