§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the weight given to gold and silver, respectively, in the trade figures for manufactures in the 1975-based and 1980-based volume and value indices.
§ Mr. ChannonGold is not a component of manufactured goods. The weights given to gold within180W miscellaneous goods and within total trade are as follows, together with the weights carried by silver within manufactured goods.
Overseas Trade Statistics basis: Weights, parts per thousand Exports Imports 1975 series 1980 series 1975 series 1980 series Silver* within manufactured goods† 5.1 18.9 13.0 36.8 Gold‡ within miscellaneous goods║ 32.3 39.9 89.6 447.1 Gold within total trade¶ 1.3 1.2 2.0 13.6 * Standard international trade classification, revision 2 (SITC) 681.1. † SITC sections 5–8. ‡ SITC 971.0. ║ SITC section 9. ¶ SITC sections 0–9.