HC Deb 23 July 1985 vol 83 cc453-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, at an annual rate, the value of imports and exports of consumer goods since September 1981 together with the unit values and volume indices with the unit values from 1970 to 1980.

Mr. Fletcher

The information is as follows:

Trade in consumer goods
1980=100 OTS basis
Unit value index
exports imports
1970 28.1 27.9
1971 30.3 30.1
1972 32.9 33.3
1973 37.4 41.2
1974 42.9 49.5
1975 51.9 58.6
1976 60.7 72.6
1977 74.0 82.9
1978 82.1 90.5
1979 89.9 96.2
1980 100.0 100.0

Value £ million Volume index Unit value index
exports imports exports imports exports imports
1981* 4,574 8,822 98.7 114.6 110.5 114.8
1982 4,483 8,791 93.5 112.3 116.1 116.4
1983 4,916 10,560 94.3 125.0 126.5 126.9
1984 5,725 12,015 104.0 134.4 137.0 136.7
1985† 6,620 13,048 111.0 134.1 145.6 148.9
* September to December 1981.
† January to May 1985.

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