HC Deb 06 November 1986 vol 103 cc556-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage increase since 1956 in the import and export unit values for manufactures, semi-manufactures and finished manufactures and the corresponding figures for the increase in volume and the increase in average values; and if he will give the same figures for the increases since 1966 and 1976.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is given in the table.

price of (a) manufactures and (b) consumer prices between 1956 and 1985, 1966 and 1985 and 1976 and 1985, respectively.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is in the following table:

Ratio of export to producer prices
Percentage changes
United Kingdom USA Japan Sweden Finland Switzerland Norway Austria
1961 to 1985 +7.0 +15.5 -12.1 -3.7 n.a. +37.2 -5.8 -33.9
1966 to 1985 +8.5 +14.3 -3.8 +2.9 n.a. +28.5 +4.0 -26.4
1976 to 1985 -0.1 +4.8 -6.6 -4.0 +4.3 +8.3 +6.7 -10.8

Ratio of export to consumer prices
Percentage changes
United Kingdom USA Japan Sweden Finland Switzerland Norway Austria
1961 to 1985 -0.8 +3.5 -60.5 -9.2 n.a. -2.1 -35.4 -44.8
1966 to 1986 +4.1 +6.0 -42.2 +4.7 n.a. -2.4 -23.7 -35.5
1976 to 1985 -3.2 -5.7 -18.8 -4.6 -3.9 -2.9 -11.2 -17.1

Note:

n.a. = not available.

Source: Compiled from IMF and OECD data.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for (a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany, (c) Japan, (d) France, (e) Italy and (f) the USA information available on the percentage, to one place of decimals, of imports of finished manufactures to (i) gross domestic product and (ii) manufacturing output

GDP Manufacturing Output GDP Manufacturing Output
United Kingdom 1966 2.6 9.0 6.7 23.1
1976 7.0 27.5 9.9 38.9
1984 10.5 47.6 9.0 40.8
1985 10.7 .. 9.4 ..
Federal Republic of Germany1 1966 3.2 8.1 9.1 23.0
1976 5.7 16.6 12.9 37.1
1984 8.3 26.4 15.2 48.3
1985 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Japan 1966 0.9 22.8 4.5 213.8
1976 1.2 3.8 7.5 24.4
1984 1.3 4.5 10.1 34.1
1985 1.3 n/a 10.1 n/a
France 1966 3.1 210.5 3.7 212.9
1976 5.8 21.3 7.3 26.6
1984 7.2 28.2 8.1 31.9
1985 7.5 n/a 8.1 n/a
Italy3 1966 2.3 8.6 5.8 21.3
1976 5.0 15.7 10.5 33.3
1984 5.8 23.6 11.4 46.1
1985 6.4 n/a 12.0 n/a
United States of America 1966 0.9 3.3 1.7 6.0
1976 2.5 10.5 3.3 13.6
1984 4.6 n/a 2.9 n/a
1985 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1 Manufacturing includes quarrying
2 Manufacturing output estimated by OECD
3 Manufacturing includes Mining and Quarrying

n/a Not readily available

Source: OECD.