HC Deb 27 June 1984 vol 62 cc468-71W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the same information as given in annex A to the memorandum submitted by his Department to the Trade and Industry Committee on 6 March 1984, H.C. 329-i of 1983–84 for (a) the world less the European

1. United Kingdom exports of manufactures
£ million
World World less EC and EFT A Share per cent. Commonwealth Share per cent. Ireland and Denmark Share per cent.
1962 3,248 2,103 65 998 31 177 5
1963 3,438 2,190 64 1,008 29 183 5
1964 3,615 2,270 63 1,047 29 216 6
1965 4,095 2,612 64 1,129 28 233 6
1966 4,390 2,773 63 1,093 25 241 5
1967 4,386 2,726 62 1,024 23 257 6
1968 5,413 3,369 62 1,182 22 339 6
1969 6,256 3,751 60 1,312 21 415 7
1970 6,806 3,936 58 1,398 21 465 7
1971 7,681 4,588 60 1,683 22 492 6
1972 8,069 4,666 58 1,588 20 519 6
1973 10,012 5,672 57 1,830 18 691 7
1974 13,257 7,422 56 2,414 18 844 6
1975 16,001 9,301 58 2,904 18 927 6
1976 20,626 11,392 55 3,428 17 1,297 6
1977 25,824 13,967 54 4,200 16 1,653 6
1978 28,029 15,247 54 4,745 17 1,969 7
1979 30,869 15,356 50 4,531 15 2,383 8
1980 34,818 17,214 49 5,352 15 2,307 7
1981 34,898 18,651 53 5,620 16 2,164 6
1982 37,313 19,986 54 5,992 16 2,282 6
1983 39,919 20,898 52 5,694 14 2,418 6

2. United Kingdom imports of manufactures
£ million
World World less EC and EFT A Share per cent. Commonwealth Share per cent. Ireland and Denmark Share per cent.
1962 1,467 773 53 348 24 49 3
1963 1,568 806 51 352 22 55 4
1964 2,009 1,053 52 441 22 70 3
1965 2,253 1,219 54 457 20 74 3
1966 2,471 1,305 53 475 19 86 3
1967 2,844 1,451 51 499 18 109 4
1968 3,772 1,984 53 637 17 159 4
1969 4,137 2,175 53 682 16 176 4
1970 4,572 2,198 48 784 17 203 4
1971 4,910 2,152 44 744 15 255 5
1972 5,965 2,435 41 775 13 294 5
1973 8,683 3,453 40 1,047 12 395 5
1974 11,679 4,545 39 1,295 11 504 4
1975 12,538 4,754 38 1,248 10 533 4
1976 16,520 6,173 37 1,620 10 715 4
1977 20,703 7,625 37 1,724 8 914 4
1978 24,421 8,270 34 1,802 7 1,055 4
1979 29,689 9,697 33 2,141 7 1,283 4
1980 31,177 11,458 37 2,226 7 1,400 4
1981 31,993 11,944 37 2,350 7 1,480 5
1982 37,114 13,554 37 2,517 7 1,736 5
1983 44,905 16,165 36 2,792 6 2,018 4

3. Crude balance of United Kingdom trade in manufactures
£ million
World World less EC and EFTA Commonwealth Ireland and Denmark
1962 +1,781 +1,330 650 +128
1963 +1,870 +1,384 656 +127
1964 +1,606 +1,217 +606 +146
1965 +1,842 +1,393 +672 +159
1966 +1,919 +1,468 +618 +155
1967 +1,542 +1,275 +525 +148

Economic Community and the European Free Trade Association, (b) the Commonwealth and (c) the Irish Republic and Denmark.

Mr. Channon

[pursuant to the reply, 22 June 1984, c. 279]: The information is as follows:

World World less EC and EFTA Commonwealth Ireland and Denmark
1968 +1,641 +1,385 +545 +180
1969 +2,119 +1,576 +630 +239
1970 +2,234 +1,738 +614 +261
1971 +2,771 +2,436 +940 +236
1972 +2,104 +2,231 +813 +225
1973 +1,329 +2,219 +783 +296
1974 +1,578 +2,877 +1,119 +340
1975 +3,463 +4,547 +1,656 +394

World World less EC and EFTA Commonwealth Ireland and Denmark
1976 +4,106 +5,219 +1,809 +582
1977 +5,121 +6,342 +2,476 +740
1978 +3,608 +6,977 +2,943 +914
1979 +1,180 +5,659 +2,390 +1,100
1980 +3,641 +5,756 +3,127 +908
1981 +2,905 +6,707 +3,270 +685
1982 +199 +6,432 +3,475 +546
1983 -4,986 +4,733 +2,901 +400

4. Export/import ratio of United Kingdom trade in manufactures
Percentage
World World less EC and EFTA Commonwealth Ireland and Denmark
1962 221 272 287 361
1963 219 272 286 333
1964 180 216 237 309
1965 182 214 247 315
1966 178 212 230 280
1967 154 188 205 236
1968 144 170 186 213
1969 151 172 192 236
1970 149 179 178 229
1971 156 213 226 193
1972 135 192 205 177
1973 115 164 175 175
1974 114 163 186 167
1975 128 196 233 174
1976 125 185 212 181
1977 125 184 244 181
1978 115 186 263 187
1979 104 158 212 186
1980 112 150 240 165
1981 109 156 239 146
1982 101 147 238 131
1983 89 129 204 120

Source:

Overseas Trade Statistics.

Note:

EC, EFTA and Commonwealth on present membership throughout, except Commonwealth excludes Bangladesh prior to 1973.

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