§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the proportion of United Kingdom food imports supplied by the principal food-exporting countries in 1970 and in 1985, together with the United Kingdom's share of the supplying countries' imports of manufactures.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkInformation for 1985 is not yet available. Figures for 1970 and 1984 are in the table.
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United Kingdom trade with principal suppliers* of food† Share of United Kingdom food imports United Kingdom share of imports of manufactures‡ 1970 1 Denmark 9.6 15.0 2 New Zealand 8.8 45.0║ 3 Ireland 8.0 61.7 4 Australia 7.7 25.0║ 5 United States of America 6.5 6.5 6 Canada 5.9 5.8 7 Netherlands 5.0 7.3 8 South Africa 4.2 26.2║ 9 Spain 3.5 10.4 10 France 3.0 6.2 1984 1 Netherlands 13.8 8.3 2 Ireland 9.3 37.0 3 Denmark 8.4 8.0 4 France 6.2 6.1 5 New Zealand 4.5 10.5 6 Federal Republic of Germany 4.2 7.0
Share of United Kingdom food imports United Kingdom share of imports of manufactures‡ 7 United States of America 4.0 3.8 8 Italy 3.7 6.7 9 Belgium/Luxembourg 3.6 9.3 10 Spain 3.5 7.6 Notes:
* Top ten countries in order of United Kingdom food imports
† Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Section 0
‡ Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Sections 5 to 8
║ United Kingdom share of OECD countries' exports of manufactures