HC Deb 17 July 1984 vol 64 cc96-7W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each member of the European Community the share of imports achieved by British exporters for each year since 1973.

Mr. Channon

The information is as follows:

France Federal Republic of Germany Italy Netherlands Belgium-Luxembourg Denmark Ireland Greece
1977 5.2 4.5 3.7 6.7 7.8 10.9 48.2 5.5
1978 5.5 5.0 4.0 6.7 8.4 11.5 49.4 5.0
1979 5.6 5.9 4.0 7.7 8.0 11.9 50.0 5.7
1980 5.4 6.7 4.4 8.2 8.1 12.1 50.8 4.6
1981 5.5 7.5 3.9 8.6 7.5 11.8 49.7 4.9
1982 6.1 7.2 4.0 9.4 7.0 10.8 48.1 3.7
1983 7.1 7.0 3.9 8.7 8.7 10.6 45.4 4.1

Source: OECD Series 'A'