§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on relative export prices and other matters given in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Great Gritnsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 22 October 1979, Official Report, columns 56–60.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is in the following table. Index numbers are now based on 1980=100.
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United Kingdom Share of Imports of Manufactures* 1984 Per cent. Austria 3 Finland 8½ Iceland 10 Norway 8 Sweden 9 Switzerland 8½ Belgium/Luxembourg 9½ Denmark 8 France 6 Federal Republic of Germany 7 Ireland 37 Italy 7
Per cent. Netherlands 81/2 Portugal 91/2 Spain 71/2 * Standard International Trade Classification Sections 5 to 8. Source: OECD.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on imports of manufactures as a percentage of exports given in the reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 15 July 1980, Official Report, column 463.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is given in the table, together with revised figures for divisions 66 and 79 for 1974 and 1979 which result from changes in coverage introduced in 1981.
1985* 1985* SITC (Rev 2) division† Imports as a percentage of exports SITC (Rev 2) division† Imports as a percentage of exports 51 69 71 65 52 92 72 76 53 45 73 101 54 41 74 89 55 58 75 120 56 291 76 164 57 44 77 127 58 133 78 174 59 57 79 63 61 85 81 132 62 95 82 185 63 752 83 595 64 330 84 179 65 178 85 422 66 104 87 82 67 92 88 144 68 138 89 108 69 93 — — * Figures for 1985 are provisional. † Due to changes in coverage of the Overseas Trade Statistics in 1981, figures for 1974 and 1979 (given previously) have been revised for Divisions 66 and 79. Revised figures are:
1974† 1979† Division Percentage Division Percentage 66 117 66 110 79 65 79 67
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on the volume of imports and exports of semi and finished manufactures given in the reply to the hon. Member forGreat Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) dated 19 May 1980, Official Report, column 18, to include figures for 1985 on the same basis.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is as follows:
United Kingdom Trade Volume Indices 1980=100 OTS basis Imports Manufactures Exports Manufactures Semi* Finished† Semi* Finished† 1949 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1959 24 9 39 42 1969 54 31 66 69 1979 102 100 101 97 1985 122 155 107 114 n/a = Not available.
* SITC (R2) Sections 5 and 6.
† SITC (R2) Sections 7 and 8.