§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report the change in relative export prices each year from 1955 onwards based on 1970 weights compared with the latest figure, together with the ratio of the annual percentage growth of imports to the percentage growth of exports of manufactures.
§ Mr. ChannonData prior to 1963 are not readily available, and to derive UK relative export prices based on 1970 weights would incur disproportionate cost. The available information based on 1980 = 100 is in the table.
UK Trade in Manufactures Relative Volume Indices 1980=100 Export Prices: changes to 1984Q3 Per cent. Imports Exports Import/ Export Ratio 1963 + 6.7 23 47 49 1964 + 6.6 28 49 57 1965 + 4.0 28 52 54 1966 +1.6 29 54 54 1967 + 3.0 33 53 62 1968 + 9.5 39 60 65 1969 + 10.3 41 68 60 1970 + 9.0 44 68 65 1971 + 6.7 47 74 64 1972 + 6.6 56 74 76 1973 + 15.8 67 84 80 1974 + 18.1 71 88 81 1975 + 13.2 67 86 78 1976 + 16.8 73 93 78 1977 + 10.6 80 100 80 1978 + 4.3 89 100 89 1979 -2.5 101 99 102 1980 -11.9 100 100 100 1981 -10.1 98 94 104 1982 -4.9 106 95 112 1983 -2.1 119 94 127 1984 .. 130 102 127