HC Deb 03 June 1985 vol 80 cc15-6W
Mr. Gerald Howarth

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what was the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and the Philippines to the nearest date that is available and for the previous five years;

Table B: UK exports (fob):
Value £m
1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984
Total 86 86 98 103 92
Main categories:
Miscellaneous electrical machinery 10 9 13 17 28
Transport equipment (other than road vehicles) 12 12 5 5 9
Miscellaneous metal manufactures 1 2 4 2 5
Machinery specialised for particular industries 8 6 10 21 4
Telecommunications and audio equipment 0 2 0 2 4
Miscellaneous chemical materials and products 2 4 4 3 4
Beverages 2 1 3 4 2
Cereals and cereal preparations 0 2 3 3 2
Organic chemicals 2 4 2 2 2
Photographic equipment, optical goods, watches & clocks 2 3 3 2 2
*1984 figures are provisional.
Table C: UK imports (cif):
Value £m
1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984
Total 99 106 127 161 200
Main categories:
Cork and wood 15 22 20 42 46
Miscellaneous electrical machinery 10 13 20 24 41
Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture) 9 13 13 24 24
Articles of clothing 14 16 20 17 21
Fruit and vegetables 7 8 8 9 14
Miscellaneous manufactures 2 5 6 6 7
Fixed vegetable oils and fats 4 8 6 5 6
Textile fibres 3 3 4 4 6
Footwear 3 2 5 3 6
Fish and fish preparations 0 3 2 6 5

Source: Tables II (imports) and V (exports) of the UK Overseas Trade Statistics.

Notes:

  1. (i) Information on volume is not available.
  2. (ii) * 1984 figures are provisional.
  3. (iii) O signifies trade of less than £500,000.
  4. (iv) due to rounding the sum of figures in the tables may not correspond exactly to totals given.
  5. (v) crude balance is calculated as UK exports (fob) less UK imports (cif).

(2) if he will list the major United Kingdom export categories in volume and value of trade with the Philippines and vice versa for each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Channon

Information relating to value only is available, and is as follows:

Table A
Value £m
Crude balance
1980 -13
1981 -20
1982 -29
1983 -58
1984* -108
Jan.-April 1985 -41
* 1984 figures are provisional.