§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the ratio of imports to exports in manufactured goods for each member of the organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for each year since 1970, from information available from international sources.
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§ Mr. FletcherFor countries other than the main manufacturing countries the most readily available data include section 9 of the standard international trade classification. This is a residual section covering goods not
Import/Export* ratios of trade in manufactures† Table 1 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 United Kingdom 67 64 74 86 88 78 80 80 87 96 90 93 100 United States 90 103 114 103 90 75 87 100 116 103 92 98 110 France 88 87 90 91 90 77 87 82 83 85 91 88 95 Federal Republic of Germany 57 57 57 52 46 51 54 55 57 61 62 59 56 Italy 70 61 61 74 71 55 61 55 54 60 72 62 61 Netherlands 130 118 108 108 102 106 104 113 117 114 110 101 100 Belgium/Luxembourg 78 85 80 82 82 85 87 90 91 92 92 89 90 Sweden 98 89 89 84 90 92 90 90 81 84 87 79 82 Switzerland 106 105 105 100 97 80 78 83 84 90 100 91 89 Canada 110 119 130 136 149 152 139 132 124 134 124 128 108 Japan 31 24 25 33 28 22 21 19 21 27 24 21 22
Table 2 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Denmark 177 165 150 162 147 140 162 151 148 142 121 111 115 Greece 553 605 454 378 248 297 293 322 303 313 248 222 231 Ireland 264 222 198 191 183 171 164 155 169 174 157 151 129 Austria 110 118 123 122 106 104 117 128 114 112 117 105 101 Finland 119 120 105 109 105 116 98 80 75 82 89 78 78 Norway 149 163 134 137 130 141 164 176 130 141 152 160 171 Spain 206 145 152 166 156 139 132 110 83 81 84 81 84 Australia 260 252 201 212 266 234 255 264 314 292 277 356 434 Iceland 446 971 428 438 580 721 366 412 393 327 333 414 451 Portugal 175 172 167 155 171 150 191 198 172 135 150 175 161 Turkey 1,167 1,021 963 708 652 973 732 868 552 455 426 240 173 New Zealand ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ 397 328 321 291 311 331 * Imports divided by exports expressed as a percentage. † Standard International Trade Classification sections 5 to 8 (Table 1); 5 to 9 (Table 2). ‡ Not available. SourceOECD Series 'A'; OECD Series 'B'.