§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the United Kingdom's share in the volume of world trade in manufactures each year since 1970 and in each quarter since 1 January 1983, together with the index based on 1980 of the real exchange rate measured in terms of relative export prices.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is in the following table.
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United Kingdom Trade in Manufactures* United Kingdom share of MMC† exports of manufactures at 1980 prices per cent. United Kingdom relative export‡ prices 1980 = 100 1970 12.5 80.1 1971 12.5 81.9 1972 11.6 82.0 1973 11.6 75.5 1974 11.0 74.2 1975 11.2 77.9 1976 10.9 75.5 1977 11.2 79.7 1978 10.7 84.5 1979 10.0 90.4 1980 9.7 100.0 1981 8.9 98.1 1982 9.3 92.2 1983 9.0 89.2 1984 8.9 ║87.7 1983 Q1 9.1 85.1 Q2 8.8 90.3 Q3 9.1 91.8 Q4 8.9 89.6 1984 Q1 8.7 89.0 Q2 9.0 88.5 Q3 8.9 ║87.7 Q4 9.1 ║85.5 1985 Q1 ║9.1 ║83.1 Q2 ║9.4 ║90.8 Q3 ║8.9 ║94.1 * Standard International Trade Classification, sections 5 to 8.
† Main manufacturing countries—Belgium/Luxembourg, Canada, France, FR of Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA.
‡ Unit value index of United Kingdom exports of manufactures compared with a weighted average of the other MMC's unit value indices, in common currency terms.
║ Estimated.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1970 and 1985 United Kingdom imports from and exports to the European Economic Community and to the rest of the world of, respectively, textiles, clothing, footwear, motor cars, buses and coaches, heavy goods vehicles, plastics, ships, steel and domestic electrical appliances.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI will reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.