§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the volume figures given in special table B of the "United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics" for the volume of exports of manufactures from the United Kingdom are statistically consistent with those given in
Value £ million (a): UK imports (cif) (b): UK exports (fob) 1980 1984* Change 1980 1984* Change Imports Imports £ million Percentage Exports Exports £ million Percentage (i) Cereals and cereal preparations 603 629 +26 +4 456 993 +537 +118 (ii) Agricultural products 6,003 8,592 +2,589 +43 2,125 3,260 +1,135 +53 (iii) Motor vehicles 2,493 4,357 +1,864 +75 1,525 1,485 -40 -3 (iv) Coal 215 493 +279 +130 116 72 -44 -38 (v) Steel 1,274 1,244 -31 -2 769 1,288 +519 +68 (vi) Electrical goods 3,838 9,988 +6,150 +160 4,149 7,331 +3,182 +77 Sources: The following SITC/R2 data in the UK Overseas Trade Statistics: (i) Division 04, (ii) Sections O & 4 and Division 22, (iii) Groups 781, 782, 783 and Sub-group 784.1, Sub-groups 322.1 and 322.2, (v) Groups 672–675, Sub-groups 678.2,.3,.4 and 779.3, and Items 676.01 (part), 676.02 (part), 679.42, and 791.99 (part), (vi) Divisions 75, 76, 77 and Group 716. * 1984 figures are provisional.