§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give comparative figures in 535W money and percentage terms for the percentage change in exports of (a) cereals and (b) all agricultural products and the percentage change in the remainder of British exports, broken down also into its principal sections.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information is as follows:
Change in United Kingdom Exports between 1979 and 1984* Change £ million Per cent. Cereals and cereal preparations + 728 +276 All Agricultural products + 1,446 + 80 Other Exports +26,314 + 64 of which Beverages and Tobacco + 383 + 32 Inedible Crude Materials (excl. Fuels) 716 + 61 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants etc + 11,043 +255 Chemicals and Related products + 3,304 + 67 Manufactured Goods + 567 + 6 Machinery and Transport Equipment + 6,733 + 46 Miscellaneous Manufactures + 2,996 + 76 Miscellaneous Commodities and Transactions + 573 + 47 * 1984 figures are provisional Source: for agricultural products, SITC/R2 Sections 0 & 4 and Division 22, and for cereals, SITC/R2 Division 04 in Table V of the UK Overseas Trade Statistics.