HC Deb 01 December 1986 vol 106 cc428-30W
Mr. Malins

asked 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 Clark

The 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.

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.

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".