§ Mr. Malinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a table showing information to him on (i) production, (ii) exports and (iii) imports of motor cars by Japan, the United States of America and the European Community as a whole for the years 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1986.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe readily available information is in the following tables:
Production of passenger cars Millions Japan USA European1 Community(12) 1970 3.2 6.6 9.9 1975 4.6 6.7 8.8 1980 7.0 6.4 10.1 1985 7.6 8.2 10.8 1986 Jan—June 4.0 4.3 6.0 1Not including Ireland and Denmark. Source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
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European community Trade with Japan Exports Imports Total US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Total US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Crude Balance $ million 1970 1,426 26 2,085 46 -659 1971 1,430 0 2,529 21 -1,099 1972 1,740 22 3,373 33 -1,633 1973 2,982 71 4,798 42 -1,816 1974 3,457 16 5,868 22 -2,411 1975 2,905 -16 6,858 17 -3,953 1976 3,265 12 8,604 25 -5,339 1977 3,690 13 10,538 22 -6,848 1978 4,996 35 12,715 21 -7,719 1979 6,791 36 15,077 19 -8,286 1980 6,695 -1 19,701 31 -13,006 1981 6,589 -2 19,462 -1 -12,872 1982 6,466 -2 19,188 -1 -12,722
Exports Imports Total US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Total US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Crude Balance US$ million 1983 6,834 6 19,972 4 -13,138 1984 7,403 8 20,944 5 -13,541 1985 8,032 8 22,684 8 -14,652 1985 January to June 3,744 — 10,445 — -6,701 1986 January to June 5,178 38 16,180 55 -11,002 Note: European Community (12) throughout.
Source: OECD Series "A".
United States Trade with Japan Years Exports US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Imports US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Balance US$ million 1970 4,652 33.3 5,875 20.2 -1,223 1971 4,055 -12.8 7,261 23.6 -3,206 1972 4,942 21.9 9,065 24.8 -4,123 1973 8,312 68.2 9,644 6.4 -1,332 1974 10,679 28.5 12,455 29.1 -1,776 1975 9,565 -10.4 11,425 -8.3 -1,860 1976 10,144 6.0 15,683 37.3 -5,539 1977 10,522 3.7 18,902 20.5 -8,380 1978 12,886 22.5 24,934 31.9 -12,048 1979 17,579 36.4 26,398 5.9 -8,819 1980 20,790 18.3 30,866 16.9 -10,076 1981 21,823 5.0 37,655 22.0 -15,832 1982 20,966 -3.9 37,744 0.2 -16,778 1983 21,894 4.4 41,183 9.1 -19,289 1984 23,575 7.7 57,136 38.7 -33,561 1985 22,631 -4.0 68,783 20.4 -46,152
Gross domestic product at current prices United States of America European Community1 Japan Japan2 Billion US dollars Billion US dollars Billion US dollars Thousand billion yen 1970 989.5 681.6 203.7 73.2 1975 1,542.2 1,519.9 499.8 148.2 1980 2,606.6 3,051.7 1,059.3 240.1 1981 2,934.9 2,680.7 1,167.0 256.8 1982 3,045.3 2,574.1 1,082.5 269.7 1983 3,275.7 2,484.4 1,180.0 280.6 1984 3,634.6 2,364.1 1,255.0 298.6 1985 3,840.7 2,439.9 1,329.3 317.3 1986 34,050 . . 41,840 4330 . . Not readily available. 1Present membership throughout. 2Gross National Product. 3Estimate based on 9 months data. 4Estimate based on 6 months data. Source:
OECD National Accounts.
OECD Main Economic Indicators.
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Gross domestic product at current prices United States of America European Community1 Japan Japan2 US dollars US dollars US dollars Thousand yen 1970 4,826 2,247 1,964 706 1975 7,141 4,865 4,481 1,329 1980 11,446 9,599 9,069 2,056 1981 12,758 8,399 9,918 2,183 1982 13,097 8,045 9,139 2,277
Years Exports US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Imports US$ million Change from Previous Year per cent. Balance US$ million 1985 January to June 15,138 — 44,830 — -29,692 1986 January to June 18,286 20.8 54,756 22.1 -36,470 Source: OECD Series "A".