§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out in the Official Report the total of exports and imports from other European Economic Community countries and from non-European Economic Community countries into the United Kingdom in each of the years since 1973.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information is in the following table:
United Kingdom trade with other European Community countries and rest of the world £ million BoP basis European Community Rest of the world Exports Imports Exports Imports 1973 3,851 5,178 8,086 9,345 1974 5,546 7,680 10,849 14,065 1975 6,227 8,734 13,103 13,929 1976 8,936 11,194 16,255 17,927 1977 11,674 13,606 20,054 20,406 1978 13,348 15,863 21,715 20,742 1979 17,310 19,935 23,376 24,200 1980 20,427 19,578 26,995 26,331 1981 20,861 20,751 30,116 26,574 1982 22,997 24,262 32,568 28,919 1983 26,460 28,841 34,198 32,317 Source: Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics.